Cowboys particular groups coach John Fassel isn’t blaming Amani Oruwariye for the group’s loss on Monday night time, and he doesn’t need the cornerback blaming himself both.
Fassel, who consoled a distraught Oruwariye after the sport, stated he communicated with Oruwariye via textual content and in a telephone name on Tuesday.
“If we are able to put ourselves in his footwear and how briskly issues occurred, I feel that’s most likely what you anticipate for him to do,” Fassel stated Tuesday, by way of Josh Tolentino of lonestarlive.com. “I informed Oruwariye, ‘If I’m a soccer participant in his footwear, and I see the ball bouncing, and I don’t know the way it obtained there, I’m most likely going to deal with it, too. It’s truthful to completely say it’s a peter name [to not touch the ball]; it’s a poison name for the blokes who see what occurred. But he wasn’t a part of that core and didn’t have any thought what occurred. Like if it was an incomplete go or a fumble or a blocked kick. Who is aware of what number of various things might have occurred [in Oruwariye’s mind]. It’s a novel one for positive. It’s a loopy play and it occurs quick.”
On the primary play after the two-minute warning in a tie recreation, Cowboys linebacker Nick Vigil blocked the kick of Bengals punter Ryan Rehkow. Oruwariye, who didn’t know the punt was blocked, touched the ball. The Bengals recovered, and Joe Burrow threw a 40-yard landing go to Ja’Marr Chase three performs later for the game-winner.
Some of Oruwariye’s teammates protected him from questions from the media Monday night time, and Fassel defended Oruwariye on Tuesday.
“I requested him how he was doing, phrase for phrase, and he stated, ‘I’m doing good,’” Fassel stated. “I stated, ‘Good as a result of you have to be doing good. You haven’t any purpose to suppose you value us the sport otherwise you made a mistake or that you just let the group down.’ All phrases that got here out of his mouth. All these issues will not be true in my view. He didn’t let the group down. He labored extremely arduous to return off IR after lacking [five] video games. He tried to make a play on the ball. So none of that stuff must be written about [Oruwariye]. He didn’t let the group down. He felt dangerous about it. I’m glad that he’s good right now. Football occurs.”
