Garrett, Cowboys aren’t blinded by sunlight talk at AT&T Stadium

Nobody denies that the sun impacted the Dallas Cowboys in the fourth quarter of Sunday’s 20-19 loss to the New York Giants.

Tight end receiver Dez Bryant and tight end Jason Witten were both unable to come up with catches due to being blinded by the sun.

That the Cowboys are having sun issues at AT&T Stadium, their own $1.2 billion indoor facility, is drawing a lot of laughs.

“It's not a funny issue, it's just a reality,” coach Jason Garrett said. “When you play in certain environments, everyone has to deal with the conditions of the game and you have to deal with them as best you can.”

But the question is can Garrett do anything to game plan for it so it doesn’t affect his team in the fourth quarter as it did Sunday?

Garrett doesn’t think so, considering when it doesn’t affect the receivers looking back into it will affect the quarterback or kicker facing it.

“Yeah the sun's been there for 5 billion years and it will be there for 5 billion more,” Garrett said. “We've all played in games where sun or weather was a factor. My experience has been that it's a factor for both teams and everybody who's out there. You have to handle those kind of situations when they come up.”

But there is something the Cowboys can do. There are curtains at the stadium that are used during concerts to block out the sun. But the organization has never drawn them during football games.

How about talking to owner Jerry Jones about closing the curtains?

“I'm not going to comment on that,” Garrett said.

This story was originally published September 12, 2016 at 5:20 PM with the headline "Garrett, Cowboys aren’t blinded by sunlight talk at AT&T Stadium."