Washington safety D.J. Swearinger Sr. was not pleased Thursday, blaming poor tackling and the defense in general for his team's 31-23 loss to the Dallas Cowboys at AT&T Stadium, per Les Carpenter of the Washington Post:
"We can go out there and do whatever on teams that aren't good. Against Tampa we could do whatever you want....But when you got teams that can play with you, you got to prepare, you got to tackle, you got to do simple things right. You don't do the simple things right, you're going to get embarrassed on national TV, and that's why we don't get respect as Redskins: We don't do the simple s--t right.