‘It Starts Rolling Fast’: Rashan Gary On Nine-Pressure Night At Lambeau And Dallas Cowboys Division Stakes At Philadelphia Eagles

FRISCO, Texas — Dallas Cowboys outside linebacker Rashan Gary said Tuesday that a pass rush builds quickly once it starts getting home, two days after he pressured Jordan Love nine times in his first game at Lambeau Field as a visiting player.

Gary’s nine pressures in the 23-13 loss to the Green Bay Packers tied his career high for a single game, according to DallasCowboys.com. He is the only Cowboys pass rusher with more than five pressures in a game this season. He was also credited with 3 quarterback hits.

The numbers do not always show up week to week, in Gary’s experience. What matters to him is winning consistently on the move the coaches have emphasized.

“To be honest, pass rush, man. It’s crazy, but once you get it rolling, the ball starts rolling and it starts rolling fast,” Gary said. “But just believing, just believing and being consistent to the plan, just understanding week in and week out you might not get the numbers, but if you have a certain move that the coach talked about or emphasized and you’re winning on it consistently throughout that game, man, you just got to be consistent.”

“And we’re going to have times throughout this season, the finish, that we’re going to be able to get home on those opportunities,” Gary continued.

Green Bay drafted Gary 12th overall in 2019 out of Michigan. In seven seasons with the Packers, he had 46.5 sacks and 111 quarterback hits in 106 regular-season games, and he made the Pro Bowl in 2024. The Packers traded him to Dallas on March 11 for a 2027 fourth-round pick.

Rashan Gary On Consistency In The Dallas Cowboys Defense

Gary had a sack in Dallas’ 34-30 win at the Houston Texans in Week 4. In the 24-16 home loss to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers on Oct. 8, he led the Cowboys with 4 pressures, according to DallasCowboys.com.

From Week 1 through Sunday night, Gary said, the defense has shown slight improvements at all levels of the ball. Consistency is the next thing it has to push through, and for him that starts well before game day.

“It starts in the meeting, starts in the meeting room, starts in practice, creating those habits and just being consistent with the habits that I create,” Gary explained. “And like you said, man, practice [to] the game day. So we have to consistently have good habits throughout the week, consistently have good habits throughout practice so I can show up on game day.”

In Dallas, Gary reunited with defensive tackle Kenny Clark, his teammate for six seasons in Green Bay. Defensive coordinator Christian Parker was a defensive quality control coach with the Packers when they drafted Gary in 2019.

Gary On The Philadelphia Eagles And The NFC East

Dallas and the Philadelphia Eagles are both 2-4 going into Monday night. Philadelphia lost 25-14 at home to the Carolina Panthers on Sunday for its fourth straight loss. Parker coached the Eagles’ defensive backs and served as their passing game coordinator before Dallas hired him in January.

Every team in the NFC East is still in play, as Gary sees it, and Monday’s game carries the most weight because it is the next one on the schedule.

“Just speaking about the East, everything’s wide open for all the teams in the bracket that we got to go against, but it’s the most important one because it’s the next one,” Gary said. “And it’s important because it’s a divisional rival. And the number one thing to secure a playoff picture, a playoff berth, is you gotta handle the division games.”

Gary would not call the mood after back-to-back losses frustration.

“I wouldn’t call it frustration. You got to open up your eyes, got to look at it with a different type of light,” Gary said. “Just like I said, from a defensive person, we got to be getting better week in, week out.”

The defense is “in the right trajectory,” Gary said, and the players “want to win now.”

Anger is not part of it either, according to Gary, who said he is excited going into Philadelphia.

“Angry? Nah, I’m excited, man. You can’t be angry,” Gary said. “This game of football teaches you a whole lot of life lessons. Another great thing about this game is you can lose one week and you come back the next week and be on top of the world. So we just try and chase that feeling, chase consistency once again, but no reason to be mad.”

Dallas plays at Philadelphia on Monday, Oct. 26, at Lincoln Financial Field. Kickoff is set for 7:15 p.m. CT on ESPN and ABC.