IRVING, Texas -- Dallas Cowboys cornerback Morris Claiborne sealed Sunday’s win with an interception, but it might not have sealed playing time in the future.

When asked if Claiborne will continue to earn the same amount of playing time going forward, coach Jason Garrett said, “We’ll determine how we’re going to play guys as the week goes on.”

Despite the interception, Claiborne struggled against the St. Louis Rams, giving up a 51-yard touchdown in the second quarter and a 38-yard reception in the third quarter, and he was the closest defender on the Rams’ final touchdown in the fourth quarter. He also missed a tackle on a 16-yard run and had an illegal contact penalty.

The Cowboys chose to rotate Orlando Scandrick, who was making his season debut after missing the first two games of the season due to a suspension, and Claiborne as outside cornerbacks depending on the Rams’ personnel Sunday. Claiborne played 53 defensive snaps; Scandrick played 51, missing the final two after getting kneed in the back.

Claiborne acknowledged after the game he “pretty much stunk it up” before the interception.

“Mo was just in situations in yesterday’s game where he was isolated by himself and they made good throws and catches against him,” Garrett said. “His technique on each of those plays wasn’t perfect and they had success for different reasons on each of those plays where he got beat, and he just needs to continue to learn and grow and develop as a player.

“Confidence is a huge part of playing this game at every position, and there are probably degrees of confident. You can feel a certain level of confidence that allows you to play, but then when you’re really playing your best football, intuitively you know you have that much more confidence. You just know what you’re doing, what your technique is, what you think they’re going to do, how you’re going to be able to attack it, so I just think there are levels of it. So I don’t see a player who is playing without confidence, but I know when you play well, your confidence grows.”

Scandrick started Sunday’s game and started 15 games last season. He was glad to be back after missing the first two games. He was credited with five tackles.

“I’m going to defer that to the coaches, why they did it, how they did it,” Scandrick said after the game when asked about the rotation. “I played when I’m called on to play.”

He could be called on more this week against the New Orleans Saints.