FRISCO — Rookie left tackle Tyler Guyton was blunt in his assessments of his first pro start against the Browns: “Poorly,” he said Thursday. “The situation is against a good player (Myles Garrett) like that on the road couldn’t even hear the (calls). The odds were against me I don’t think it was terrible. I felt like I could have been a lot better.”
Guyton allowed a first-quarter sack to Garrett and, according to NFL NextGen Stats, gave up four pressures in 13 matchups against him.
“As a competitor, you always want to do better,” he said. “But I think for my first game in the NFL, it wasn’t bad. A lot of room to grow, super excited about it. I get to learn from my mistakes.”
On Sunday, in Guyton’s second pro game, he’ll face Saints rush ends Chase Young and Carl Granderson. Young had two quarterback hits and Granderson posted one quarterback hit with three tackles in a dominating victory over the Panthers to open the season.
Guyton doesn’t mind facing some of the best rushers in the NFL. In training camp, he faced Cowboys rusher Micah Parsons in practices and the Raiders’ Maxx Crosby in the second preseason game.
“I feel like going against a great player makes you better,” Guyton said. “Honestly rather go up against a better player.”
Guyton said the sack he allowed to Garrett made him feel sick and anytime he struggled in pass rush protection, “I feel like my losses were on me. That’s why I say I was poor.”
Quarterback Dak Prescott said Guyton was too hard on himself but appreciated a player with high standards.
“I mean, yeah, when you got a guy like that who has the standard and the expectations for himself he didn’t play poorly,” Prescott said. “(He) may not play to his expectations, and that’s awesome to hear. But it’s about just continuing to encourage him.”
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