Something is wrong with the Dallas Cowboys, and we have no idea what it is

Something is wrong with the Dallas Cowboys, and we have no idea what it is

The Dallas Cowboys have been a competitive football team for the past ten years.

They are currently sixth in the NFL after winning 60% of their regular-season games over that time.

They only had a losing record at the end twice,

and both times it was due to the loss of their starting quarterback due to a season-ending injury.

We knew this team would be loud when Dak Prescott or Tony Romo were healthy.

They have qualified for the postseason six times in the last 10 years,

three times under Jason Garrett and three times under Mike McCarthy.

Garrett’s Cowboys were the perfect example of excellent but insufficient.

We were aware that his teams would be tough, but after losing three one-score playoff games,

it seemed as though there was a limit to his goodness.

Three trips to the divisional round, three defeats there.

McCarthy’s Cowboys were expected to be different.

The Cowboys finally gained some defensive strength with

the addition of Dan Quinn whose squad has finished top five in DVOA since becoming the defensive coordinator.

Finally, they had become a team that can play complementary football and win on both sides.

McCarthy’s teams finished 12-5 in each of the last three seasons and some were convinced that

he just might be the difference-maker this team had been looking for.

Yet in his three playoff appearances, the Cowboys didn’t even make it to the divisional round in two of them.

Both those times they were at home facing a lower seed, only to fall into a big hole early and never recover.

And this most recent defeat on Sunday is one of the most humiliating performances in Cowboys playoff history.

There are numerous reasons why the sorrow from Sunday’s defeat strikes differently.

The Cowboys’ enormous opportunity was one of the causes. This football team has a lot of talent.

There were nine all-pro players on the Cowboys roster. Nine.

They have players on special teams, defence, and offence. To put things in perspective…

One contender for the Most Valuable Player honour was Dak Prescott.

CeeDee Lamb shattered the team’s single-season records for reception yards and catches.

Micah Parsons was in the running for the Defensive Player of the Year award DaRon Bland

set an NFL record for five interceptions returned for touchdowns

Brandon Aubrey didn’t miss a field goal until the final game of the regular season Individually,

these are impressive accolades.

Collectively, this looks like a special Cowboys team with an opportunity to do great things.

They entered the postseason with the two-seed with a chance at two home games.

They would be favored to win both their wild card and potential divisional round game,

giving them a great chance to play in the NFC Championship game,

something they hadn’t done in 28 years.

That’s right, the “can’t make it past the divisional round curse” had a great chance to be broken.

However, what took place next?

That’s what happened in the first half—a 27-0 lead.

And just when you thought things couldn’t get worse,

the fourth quarter saw a score of 48-16.

The Cowboys had a total breakdown in their home stadium,

where they had not lost in the previous 16 games.

We sat there, jaws agape, staring at one of the most confusing things we had ever seen.

McCarthy, this transformative head coach,

showed us a team that was about as ill-prepared as we had ever seen them appear.

Quinn, the defensive rock for this team,

had his team playing positions taken out of a hat.

Nobody was aware of their actions.

Even in one of his finest seasons,

Prescott was unable to locate open receivers and made poor football decisions.

The missed opportunity is what makes this playoff elimination so painful.

It was a wasted excellent season.

They had a fantastic opportunity to banish those divisional round nightmares,

even if it didn’t finish in confetti.

The crazy thing about this crushing defeat is that there is no rhyme or reason for it.

It wasn’t any one person’s/unit’s fault, it wasn’t the official’s fault,

and it wasn’t a few unlucky bounces from this oblong leather ball.

It was just an all-around inexplicable performance. Will this get fixed by firing McCarthy?

Who knows. Do they need more than nine All-Pro’s to make this engine run?

That seems unreasonable. What is even wrong with this football team? Your guess is as good as mine.

As we enter another offseason,

the front office will once again try to CSI this thing and fix what they think is broken.

We have to accept the real possibility that next year’s team will likely not be as talented as this one.

We also are likely to experience some coaching changes that will come with more learning,

more adjusting, and more challenges.

Usually at this point, we would say to you, “Don’t worry, there are reasons to be optimistic,

” but this time, that won’t be the case. Arrr. Panic, then panic some more.

Although we can find solace in the idea that this club still has quality and should contend next season,

we won’t be satisfied until they demonstrate their ability to perform well in the postseason.

What will it require? Even though we have no idea,

we’ll wait patiently and repeat the entire process the next year.

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