Cowboys coach Jason Garrett appreciates the team's previous success, but he says the team can't live in the past. Bradie James broached the subject in comments after a preseason loss to the Chargers. "Our alumni, our former greats have made us America's Team and we reap benefits that we haven't earned -- all the way around, as individuals, as a team," James said. "Those guys earned it. We just think we deserve it." When asked Wednesday if he agreed with what James said, Garrett deferred. "I don't want to get too much into that comment other than to say that it's important that everyone understands you have to earn it in this league," Garrett said. "You have to earn your opportunity to make a football team, to have a role on a football team and be a starter on a football team. And as a group you have to earn the wins each and every week. "It's hard. The NFL is hard. It's difficult. That's what makes it great and our players understand that. You have to earn it in training camp and you have to earn it on Sunday afternoon. That's what we're trying to do right now regardless of what's happened in the past."