{"id":470605,"date":"2026-10-19T15:22:53","date_gmt":"2026-10-19T15:22:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/470605\/"},"modified":"2026-10-19T15:22:53","modified_gmt":"2026-10-19T15:22:53","slug":"dave-portnoy-gives-cowboys-deserved-tongue-lashing-as-pathetic-season-continues","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/470605\/","title":{"rendered":"Dave Portnoy Gives Cowboys Deserved Tongue-Lashing as Pathetic Season Continues"},"content":{"rendered":"<p id=\"inline-text-0\" class=\"mt-[18px] md:mt-0 mb-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"9u\">The Dallas Cowboys are getting it from all angles after their Week 6 loss to the Green Bay Packers \u2014 and deservedly so.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-1\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"9z\">The Cowboys already have a huge bullseye on their backs given the fact that they are tirelessly covered, no matter how good or bad the team is. That creates next-level fatigue among their detractors, who will look for any reason to trash them.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-2\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"a4\">When Dallas plays as poorly as it is right now, that only makes the scrutiny heavier, and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.si.com\/nfl\/cowboys\/onsi\/ex-nfl-player-scorched-earth-jerry-jones-dallas-cowboys-repeated-front-office-failures\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">criticism more brutal<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-3\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"a9\">We saw an example of that with Barstool Sports founder Dave Portnoy, who gave the Cowboys a <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/wakeupbarstool\/status\/2112153661623222606\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">deserved tongue-lashing<\/a> following their <a href=\"https:\/\/www.si.com\/nfl\/cowboys\/onsi\/biggest-takeaways-cowboys-debacle-packers-week-6\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Sunday night loss to Green Bay<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-4\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"ae\">\u201c[The Cowboys] have been an irrelevant gaggle of losers for a long time that we continue to talk about, but they stink. They never were going to be good this year,&#8221; Portnoy said.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-5\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"aj\">&#8220;Talk about the Cowboys. Talk about the Cowboys. What has been there to talk about with the Cowboys for a decade?&#8221; he asked. &#8220;The Cowboys are not good. They haven&#8217;t been good for a long time. The big suits in their ivory towers want us to talk about the Cowboys. What do you want us to say about the Cowboys?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>No lies detected<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/01m5a85g0h3trpxctvsy.jpg\" alt=\"Dallas Cowboys quarterback Dak Prescott and head coach Brian Schottenheimer.\" title=\"Dallas Cowboys quarterback Dak Prescott and head coach Brian Schottenheimer.\" width=\"360\" height=\"360\" class=\"undefined w-full w-full blur-[5px]\" q:id=\"b0\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Dallas Cowboys quarterback Dak Prescott (4) talks with Dallas Cowboys head coach Brian Schottenheimer talk during the first quarter against the Green Bay Packers at Lambeau Field.  Mandatory Credit: Jeff Hanisch-Imagn Images | IMAGN IMAGES via Reuters Connect<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-8\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"b6\">As much as we&#8217;d like to say we disagree, it&#8217;s hard to argue with Portnoy&#8217;s sentiments here.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-9\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"bb\">The only reason the Cowboys are talked about as much as they are is because they are a global product with a huge following. Conversely, Cowboys haters love to hate on them, so that&#8217;s another reason networks focus on Dallas so much.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-10\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"bg\">If it wasn&#8217;t for all of that, nobody would talk about the Cowboys, who continue to make themselves irrelevant when it comes to conversations about contenders in the NFL.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-11\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"bl\">The product we&#8217;ve seen on the field this season is nothing different than what we&#8217;ve seen the past two seasons and, unfortunately, for much of the last three decades.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-12\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"bq\">The only hope the Cowboys have right now when it comes to the playoffs if their inclusion in an NFC East that is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.si.com\/nfl\/cowboys\/onsi\/updated-nfc-east-odds-dallas-cowboys-soar-devastating-jalen-hurts-news\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">completely dysfunctional from top to bottom<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-13\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"bv\">The New York Giants are in first place but don&#8217;t have their starting quarterback for the rest of the season due to injury and are now depending on the likes of Jameis Winston and J.J. McCarthy.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-14\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"c0\">The Philadelphia Eagles were a total mess over the first five games and will now be without Jalen Hurts for the rest of the season due to <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/AdamSchefter\/status\/2112186516684357831\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">multiple blood clots in his lungs<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-15\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"c5\">The Washington Commanders are in the cellar of the division going into their game on Monday night and they can&#8217;t even manage a clock, let alone win games.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-16\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"ca\">Just like the rest of the teams in their division, the Cowboys are not a serious team right now and they deserve every bit of the flaming they&#8217;re getting, no matter who it comes from.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-17\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"cf\">\u2014 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.si.com\/nfl\/cowboys\/newsletter\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Sign up for the Cowboys Daily Digest newsletter<\/a> for more free coverage from<a href=\"https:\/\/www.si.com\/nfl\/cowboys\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> Dallas Cowboys on SI<\/a> \u2014<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"22\" height=\"22\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.minutemediacdn.com\/platform\/google_discover_icon.svg\" class=\"shrink-0\"\/>Add us as a preferred source on Google<a aria-label=\"Follow si.com on Google News\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=si.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" preventdefault:click=\"\" class=\"flex h-[30px] w-[30px] shrink-0 items-center justify-center rounded-full bg-primary font-group-large text-sm font-medium text-white transition-colors hover:bg-secondary focus:bg-secondary md:w-auto md:gap-2.5 md:px-4 md:py-[5px]\" on:click=\"q-_HnBw5hu.js#s_lDqay9E5m5g[0]\" q:id=\"cl\">Follow<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Dallas Cowboys are getting it from all angles after their Week 6 loss to the Green Bay&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":470606,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[102,104,103],"class_list":["post-470605","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\/470605","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=470605"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/470605\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/470606"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=470605"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=470605"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=470605"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}