Rich Bisaccia, who served as assistant head coach and special teams coordinator for the Cowboys from 2013 to 2017, announced his departure after the Packers, who currently hold the same title, handed his former team yet another playoff disappointment. He seemed to be enjoying the moment.
After the Packers won 48-32, Bisaccia yelled, “Hey, they're Cowboys,” as he walked toward the locker room. According to the WFRV video — A line switch that became popular after former Cowboys head coach and current FOX analyst Jimmie Johnson. Used in locker room speech in 1993to the appropriate provocation.
The Packers dominated the Cowboys in the wild-card matchup, building a 27-7 lead at halftime thanks to Aaron Jones' two rushing and receiving touchdowns and Dak Prescott's pick-six.
Dallas tried to fight back by making it a two-possession game with 3:25 left, but the Cowboys reversed on downs and stopped the final drive.
This marked their latest early exit in the playoffs.
They haven't advanced to the NFC Championship Game since 1995, but that was two years after Johnson's Cowboys phrase was coined.
Bisaccia worked with the Cowboys and was ejected twice in the divisional round in the postseason before taking the same job with the Raiders starting in the 2018 season and taking over as interim head coach in 2021 after Jon Gruden was fired. .
He ultimately led the team to the playoffs that year, going 7-5 and nearly winning the wild-card game against the Bengals, but instead of removing the interim tag from Bisaccia, owner Mark Davis chose the former Patriots offense They chose to hire coordinator Josh McDaniels. However, Raiders players reportedly wanted Bisaccia back.
So Bisaccia ended up joining the Packers on head coach Mike LaFleur's staff.
In his first season with the team, Green Bay missed the playoffs as the Aaron Rodgers era ended, but in 2023, the Packers won six of the remaining eight games to finish the regular season and advance to the divisional round on Saturday. against the 49ers.
It was a stunning upset in the first round of the postseason.
This could lead Cowboys owner Jerry Jones to fire Mike McCarthy and move in a different direction as their quest to return to the Super Bowl or even their conference championship game continues.
But Bisaccia made sure to add one last jab before the Packers left AT&T Stadium.
