Quinnen Williams destroys Skip Bayless over "execute" Cowboys rant.

Dallas Cowboys defensive tackle Quinnen Williams has publicly called out Skip Bayless for what he called an "extremely crazy" on-air comment about executing NFL players.

The exchange began after the Cowboys' Week 8 loss to the Arizona Cardinals.

Williams spoke to reporters about the team's defensive struggles and used the word "execute" 32 times in a five-minute interview.

"I think the biggest thing is execute," Williams said.

"We got to execute. We haven't been executing this whole season, and we executed for three quarters and didn't execute the last quarter, and the film says it all."

He was talking about executing plays — a standard football term meaning to carry out an assignment correctly.

Skip Bayless took that word in a different direction on Thursday's episode of ESPN's First Take.

"Quinnen Williams used the word execute 32 times," Bayless said on air.

"I must tell you that during Sunday's collapse against the Arizona freaking Cardinals, I wanted to execute several of my players during the game."

"Execute them on the field. I wanted them to be executed."

The comment immediately drew backlash from viewers and sports media observers.

Williams, who rarely posts on social media, took to X to respond directly.

"It's extremely crazy to say you wanted players on defense to be executed," Williams wrote, tagging Bayless.

"You got to do better, my guy."

Before that post, Williams' most recent X activity was a promotional post for Raising Cane's, where he serves as an ambassador.

Before that, his previous tweet dated back to February.

Williams is not someone who lives on social media.

He heard about the comments and decided he was not going to stay silent.

The clip of Bayless' rant has circulated widely on social media platforms.

Many users called the comment inappropriate regardless of whether Bayless meant it literally.

Bayless has a long history of making provocative statements on television to generate controversy and ratings.

This is the kind of shock commentary he throws on air to generate attention.

Even though he clearly did not mean it literally, that does not make it an appropriate comment.

The Dallas Cowboys defense has been under scrutiny all season for inconsistent performance.

In Week 8 against the Cardinals, the defense played well for three quarters before collapsing in the fourth.