Barry Church Lays Blame On Himself for Cowboys’ loss to Redskins

Dallas Cowboys safety Barry Church took much of the blame for Monday’s 20-17 loss to the Washington Redskins upon himself, saying he played his worst game of his career.

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Louis Armstrong once performed a song called, “I Got It Bad (And That Ain’t Good),” which may be a perfect tune for how Dallas Cowboys safety Barry Church’s Monday night went.

Church pointed the finger at himself following the Cowboys’ 20-17 overtime loss to the Washington Redskins, saying he played the worst game of his five seasons with the team.

“I feel like I played my worst game since I’ve been a Dallas Cowboy,” Church said. “I played terrible.”

Well, the stats are in his corner. Church missed two tackles which resulted in big plays on a pair of Redskins scoring drives that helped snap Dallas’ six-game win streak.

Whiff number one came when Church was unable to wrap up Redskins tight end Niles Paul, turning what would have been a short gain into a 20-yard play that led to a Kai Forbath field goal for the game’s first points.

Church followed up that gem with his inability to corral running back Alfred Morris, who was able to skate past Church for a 29-yard gain that set up Morris’ 5-yard touchdown run that gave Washington a 10-7 lead early in the third quarter.

While he did finish with six total tackles, it was the one (OK, two) that got away which left Church with a not so holy feeling.

“I missed two wide-open tackles out there, and there were just a lot of missed tackles on the defensive side of the ball,” he said.

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