FRISCO, Texas — Sometimes frustration has to turn to anger for things to finally change and progress to be made. The Dallas Cowboys have officially outgrown frustration and descended into anger after their second loss of the regular season and their third straight home loss, with the Baltimore Ravens being the latest reminder of some age-old problems.

The main problem is not being able to stop the run. In the last two games alone, a total of 464 rushing yards have been allowed. A slow start on defense and offense hasn’t helped either. Jourdan Lewis joins other leaders in the locker room like Micah Parsons, Trevon Diggs and DeMarcus Lawrence in demanding more from his players in the future.

“We have to be very specific,” a visibly annoyed Lewis said Monday, hoping it would help steer the ship away from the iceberg on a short week with the New York Giants waiting Thursday night. “I mean, at the end of the day, this shit is about us stopping people. That’s what it’s about.”

“We have to be credible and damn accountable every single game, and that applies to 60 minutes of football.”

After all, the devil pays his mortgage there:

Lewis also doesn’t believe the claim that the Cowboys’ roster is lacking talent. Instead, he wants players to take the little things more seriously from practice to practice and rep to rep during games.

Still, don’t count on the Cowboys to knock off the Giants. It’s not that they can’t, but the things that cost them the last two weeks could easily happen again in Week 4 unless Dallas goes all out to knock them off.

“It doesn’t matter who we’re playing, we have to go out there and be meticulous about the plays,” Lewis said. “It doesn’t matter who we’re playing. This is the NFL, if we don’t do this shit, anybody can beat us. … We’re not meticulous about our work. You can exploit the details. That’s how you win in this league.”

“Everyone is good in this league. It’s the details that make the difference.”

Lewis is in his eighth year in the NFL, all with the Cowboys, and working under his fourth defensive coordinator, meaning he’s seen it all – all kinds of adversity – which makes him well qualified to challenge the locker room in this way.

Because of this, he plays every repetition as if his hair was on fire, and that means he has the right to demand the same from everyone around him every time.

“You can’t be scheduled if you don’t go to work every day and act like it,” Lewis said. “You have to practice how you play. You have to practice every day like it’s your last day – it’s Thursday, Sunday, Monday and you’re about to play.”

“Until we do that, everything will stay the same.”

But… got a message?