The Dallas Cowboys are without a doubt one of the most popular franchises in all of the NFL. This is both a blessing and a curse.
All this prestige also means that the Cowboys always have a target on their back as opposing teams always give them their best shot whenever they get a chance to face off against Dallas on the field.
Cowboys star tight end Jake Ferguson recently spoke out about this exact harsh reality his team is living in.
Jake Ferguson Speaks Out on Dallas Cowboys’ Reputation
Speaking on a recent episode of NFL Total Access, Ferguson opened up about how the Cowboys face extreme pressure every single night. According to the 25-year-old, opponents come at them with a bloodthirsty frame of mind on every given occasion:
“You know it’s tough to say,” Ferguson said, via Kevin Patra of NFL.com. “I think for me, it’s also the NFL, 32 of the best [teams] in the world are playing one sport against each other but at the same time I always like to think, ‘We’re the Dallas Cowboys, every team that’s going to play us is going to bring their all every single time.’ We’re not going to get anybody’s ‘We don’t have to bring that hard against them.’ They’re bringing their all against us. It’s a kill-or-be-killed mentality. We’ve just got to kill them first.”
Such is the price of fame and glory, I guess.
Ferguson and the Cowboys have just learned to deal with it. They have no other choice but to match this type of intensity from their opponents. As he said, it now becomes a matter of who gets to draw first blood.
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