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Dan Quinn to the rival Washington Commanders. What did Washington’s new head coach tell his former Cowboys players?<\/p>\n

However, that\u2019s a way of life in the NFL; there\u2019s little malice to it. New York Giants running back Saquan Barkley could find himself elsewhere in the NFC East, and Cowboys corner Stephon Gilmore could be a Commander by the end of the month \u2013 there aren\u2019t enough jobs to go around to pick and choose the ones that won\u2019t hurt your friends.<\/p>\n

As such, there aren\u2019t exactly hard feelings between Quinn and his former team.<\/p>\n

Quinn elaborated on the relationship he forged during his time in Dallas, how important they were to him, and how that affected his departure during an episode of \u201cPardon My Take.\u201dQuinn elaborated on the relationship he forged during his time in Dallas, how important they were to him, and how that affected his departure during an episode of \u201cPardon My Take.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen I left I texted them before I took the job,\u201d Quinn said. \u201cJust to say man like, a big piece of why I got this job is because of you guys. And so I wanted to make sure I shared that gratitude with them because like, I wouldn\u2019t have been in this spot, to have chances, had it not been for them.<\/p>\n

\u201cLike I chose to go back to Dallas because of them as well the previous season. And so I wanted to fight for that and see where we could take it. It didn\u2019t work out at the end, but I did want to show my gratitude for them.\u201d<\/p>\n

Quinn seemed to be well-liked by his players, and their prowess in the regular season certainly helped that cause. Unfortunately for Dallas, come playoff time, San Francisco<\/p>\n\n

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