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Orlando Scandrick angry about being benched for rookie Anthony Brown
8:30 AM CT
Jean-Jacques Taylor
ESPN Staff Writer
MINNEAPOLIS -- Dallas Cowboys cornerback Orlando Scandrick didn’t start Thursday against Minnesota, and he wasn’t happy about it.
"Those are questions you have to ask Jason Garrett," Scandrick said. "I just work here. I don’t determine how much I play."
Rookie cornerback Anthony Brown replaced Scandrick in the starting lineup in the Cowboys' 17-15 win against Minnesota. Brown played each of the game’s 74 snaps; Scandrick played when the Cowboys used schemes with three or four defensive backs.
He played 54 snaps.
When asked when he found out he would start, Brown said, "What day was it? A walk-through like Monday or Tuesday, and I was shocked, but then I just put my head down and kept grinding.
"I just keep doing what I’ve been doing. No need to try to be Superman. I was already getting a boatload of plays anyway. I just wanted to keep doing what I was doing, don’t try to make it bigger than it was."
Scandrick played well, recording seven tackles, including a key third-down stop. He also committed a hands to the face penalty that negated an interception by linebacker Anthony Hitchens.
Brown, a sixth-roound pick, had four tackles and a pass deflection. Minnesota challenged him deep several times, and each time he responded.
"The last three games, what, they threw like 12 deeps balls to me since Pittsburgh to tonight," Brown said. "They completed one when I gave up the deep ball last week (to DeSean Jackson). I expect them to keep coming next week, too. I look forward to Odell (Beckham Jr.)" and (Sterling) Shepard and those guys on the Giants."
Whether Brown is starting next week against the Giants, no one knows. Scandrick, who missed four games with injuries to both hamstrings, said he doesn’t know what his role will be against the Giants.
"I didn’t talk to Rod about it, Jason talked to me," Scandrick said. "He told me he thought I was banged up, Stefon (Diggs) was going to be in the slot most of the time, and they thought they could manage me a little bit like that."
8:30 AM CT
Jean-Jacques Taylor
ESPN Staff Writer
MINNEAPOLIS -- Dallas Cowboys cornerback Orlando Scandrick didn’t start Thursday against Minnesota, and he wasn’t happy about it.
"Those are questions you have to ask Jason Garrett," Scandrick said. "I just work here. I don’t determine how much I play."
Rookie cornerback Anthony Brown replaced Scandrick in the starting lineup in the Cowboys' 17-15 win against Minnesota. Brown played each of the game’s 74 snaps; Scandrick played when the Cowboys used schemes with three or four defensive backs.
He played 54 snaps.
When asked when he found out he would start, Brown said, "What day was it? A walk-through like Monday or Tuesday, and I was shocked, but then I just put my head down and kept grinding.
"I just keep doing what I’ve been doing. No need to try to be Superman. I was already getting a boatload of plays anyway. I just wanted to keep doing what I was doing, don’t try to make it bigger than it was."
Scandrick played well, recording seven tackles, including a key third-down stop. He also committed a hands to the face penalty that negated an interception by linebacker Anthony Hitchens.
Brown, a sixth-roound pick, had four tackles and a pass deflection. Minnesota challenged him deep several times, and each time he responded.
"The last three games, what, they threw like 12 deeps balls to me since Pittsburgh to tonight," Brown said. "They completed one when I gave up the deep ball last week (to DeSean Jackson). I expect them to keep coming next week, too. I look forward to Odell (Beckham Jr.)" and (Sterling) Shepard and those guys on the Giants."
Whether Brown is starting next week against the Giants, no one knows. Scandrick, who missed four games with injuries to both hamstrings, said he doesn’t know what his role will be against the Giants.
"I didn’t talk to Rod about it, Jason talked to me," Scandrick said. "He told me he thought I was banged up, Stefon (Diggs) was going to be in the slot most of the time, and they thought they could manage me a little bit like that."