CeeDee Lamb wants Cowboys to hang curtains after AT&T drop - ESPN

ARLINGTON, Texas — In a 28-point blowout, maybe a second-quarter touchdown would not have mattered much, but once again sunlight was a storyline in a Dallas Cowboys' game at AT&T Stadium.

Trailing, 7-3, and facing second and goal from the Philadelphia Eagles 3, Cooper Rush had an open CeeDee Lamb in the end zone for a go-ahead score. One problem: Lamb could not see the pass because the sun was in his eyes.

The Cowboys settled for a field goal and would not score a point the rest of the game in a 34-6 loss to the Philadelphia Eagles.

After answering questions for a little more than five minutes, Cowboys owner and general manager Jerry Jones brought up the issue of the sun on his own.

«We do know where the damn sun's going to be at our own stadium,» Jones said after he answered questions for a little more than five minutes.

As he walked down the hall toward the elevators, more questions were asked.

Why not put up curtains?

«Well, let's just tear the damn stadium down and build another one? You kidding me?» Jones said.

There's no need to tear down the 15-year-old stadium that cost $1.2 billion to build, but the Cowboys have used curtains for concerts, basketball games and other events at AT&T Stadium.

«Everybody's got the same thing,» Jones said. «Every team that comes in here has the same issues. They know where the sun's going to be. Every team has the same thing.»

The Cowboys do not practice at AT&T Stadium. And the sun is an issue only in late afternoon kickoffs during the fall.

So should coach Mike McCarthy call plays differently knowing where the sun should be?

«I'm not saying. I'm saying the world knows where the sun is,» Jones said. «We get to know that almost a year in advance. So someone asked me about the sun and