Cowboys have ‘unbelievable urgency’ to win Super Bowl, Witten says

[Midswat]

Posted on 07/28/2012 by Tom Orsborn


POINT MUGU, Calif. – The Dallas Cowboys’ veterans arrived here Saturday afternoon feeling “unbelievable urgency” to reach the playoffs and compete for a Super Bowl title, tight end Jason Witten said.

The Cowboys failed to make the playoffs the last two seasons, prompting owner Jerry Jones and quarterback Tony Romo to acknowledge that the window appears to be closing on this group’s chances to win a Super Bowl.

“I don’t know when the window is opened and closed,” Witten said, “but there is unbelievable urgency right now.”

The Cowboys lost four of their last five games, including the playoffs-or-bust season finale against the New York Giants, to finish a 8-8 in 2011. Hoping to avoid another disappointing season, Jones signed several free agents and traded up to select the top defender in the draft, cornerback Morris Claiborne, sixth overall.

“We feel we have a good team,” Witten said. “We have to execute better. We have to play better in key situations. Just go back and turn that last game on. I think that is clear. Everybody has a clear understanding of that. It can’t be the same old story.

“But our actions have to speak louder than our words. That is the approach we are taking.”

 

[Theebs]

hopefully we get that same motivation of shaking off the previous year this year that we got in 07 and 09 only with a better ending.

 

[Theebs]

Cowboys RapidReports ‏@CBSSportsNFLDAL
Barely checked into his room, Tony Romo already on the field throwing passes and working on plays. He's got Miles and John Phillips with him

Retweeted by Nick Eatman

 

[GloryDaysRBack]

Tired of hearing about it.

Show me something already

 

[Theebs]

here is the actual quote from archer's post....dont see super bowl in the quote.

I think there’s definitely urgency,” tight end Jason Witten said after walking off the plane. “I don’t know when the window is open and closed, but there’s unbelievable urgency. We feel like we’re a good team, but we’ve got to execute better. We’ve got to play better in key situations. Just go back to that last game, I think that’s clear. Everybody has an understanding of that. But for us, it can’t be the same old story. Our actions have got to speak louder than our words. That’s the approach we’re taking. Thirty-one teams have the same goal. We’ve got to do something about it.”


http://espn.go.com/blog/dallas/cowboys/post/_/id/4694222/cowboys-arrive-in-oxnard-ready-for-work
Cowboys arrive in Oxnard ready for work
July, 28, 2012
Jul 286:16PM CTBy Todd Archer | ESPNDallas.com Recommend4Tweet30Comments3EmailPrintOXNARD, Calif. -- Training camp is finally upon the Dallas Cowboys.

After seeing 30 other teams open camp during the week, the Cowboys open the work Sunday with a conditioning test followed by Monday’s first full-squad practice.

More than 2,000 military personnel greeted the Cowboys’ charter plane at Point Mugu Naval Air Station in Oxnard, Calif., on Saturday afternoon. The players signed autographs for an hour before busing to the Cowboys’ headquarters for the next month at the Residence Inn River Ridge.

“I think there’s definitely urgency,” tight end Jason Witten said after walking off the plane. “I don’t know when the window is open and closed, but there’s unbelievable urgency. We feel like we’re a good team, but we’ve got to execute better. We’ve got to play better in key situations. Just go back to that last game, I think that’s clear. Everybody has an understanding of that. But for us, it can’t be the same old story. Our actions have got to speak louder than our words. That’s the approach we’re taking. Thirty-one teams have the same goal. We’ve got to do something about it.”

For the last six-plus months the Cowboys have carried the disappointment of losing the 2011 regular-season finale, 31-14, to the New York Giants, which was made even worse when the Giants went on to win the Super Bowl.

Optimism has taken over the disappointment.

“Excited, man,” Witten said. “This is a long time coming obviously going back to the Giants’ game and the way it ended, it couldn’t get here fast enough. So it’s great to be back here and get started. This is where you put the work in to hopefully have a great season.”

Because the Cowboys do not kickoff the preseason until Aug. 13 at Oakland, they and the Raiders were the last teams to official report to training camp. Officially players have until Sunday to report to camp; however most of the team flew from Dallas.

The Cowboys begin the regular season Sept. 5 against the Giants at MetLife Stadium and are in a little bit of a catch-up mode since the Giants reported to camp four days earlier. Witten does not think the later start time will mean much by the time kickoff comes, but he knows camp will go fast.

“We’ve got a lot of work to do these next five weeks, that’s for sure,” Witten said. “I think everybody’s looking forward to where we pick up where we left off in the offseason and excited about the opportunity.”

 

[Theebs]

Josh Ellis ‏@DCStarJEllis
Dez Bryant has joined Miles Austin running routes on the field... Just the two of them, no quarterbacks.

 

[GloryDaysRBack]

Dez is out running routes with Austin...no qbs

Beat me to it Thebes...

How you feeling about dez now?

 

[Hoofbite]

Dez is out running routes with Austin...no qbs

Beat me to it Thebes...

How you feeling about dez now?

Right on time.........well, right on time for him.

Late as usual, where the fuck was he when Romo was out there?

Where's the "bait" emoticon?

 

[GloryDaysRBack]

Right on time.........well, right on time for him.

Late as usual, where the fuck was he when Romo was out there?

Where's the "bait" emoticon?

Just running routes vs air is good for him

 

[Midswat]

Glad to hear Dez and Miles putting in extra work.

I feel good about this year.

 

[Midswat]

<---- Admittedly feels good about every year.

 

[Hoofbite]

<---- Admittedly Gay

Wow. Not sure you had to come out this thread but more power to you.

 

[CowboysRMX]

Heard this before from players. I have high hopes for the team but just show it on the field and shut up

 

[Theebs]

Heard this before from players. I have high hopes for the team but just show it on the field and shut up

Isn't that exactly what witten said?

 

[CowboysRMX]

Isn't that exactly what witten said?

Wasnt really meant for Wittens remarks i was speaking in general, just saying heard the whole we're in it to win it from plenty of players before. Would be good to see it on the field

 

[Bob Sacamano]

Wow. Not sure you had to come out this thread but more power to you.

haha

 

[Sheik]

Someone was just talking about urgency/desperation to win now. That guy is smart, and good looking as hell.

 

[lons]

CowboysRMX would prefer that when Players (Who are required by the league to talk to the media and can be fined if they do not) to just say no comment and keep walking and pay the fine instead of saying, things like, "We have to show it on the field" and not having to pay a fine.