After a rough start to the season for the Dallas Cowboys, the team continues to show why they have become one of the worst teams in the NFL.
The team started the season with a 2-2 record, suffering losses to the New Orleans Saints and the Baltimore Ravens, while only pulling out victories against two terrible teams — the Cleveland Browns and the New York Giants. I was beyond concerned going into the team’s week five matchup against the Pittsburgh Steelers.
Going into the game, all I could do was hope for the team to play like they wanted to win. That is exactly what they did — after the first half. The first half was painful to watch, as both teams couldn’t do a single thing on offense. But in the second half, the Cowboys came alive and scored two touchdowns. With 26 seconds left on the clock, quarterback Dak Prescott completed a pass to Jalen Tolbert for the game winning touchdown.
Though it was a thrilling second half and the Cowboys came out with the victory, I was still left concerned for the well-being of the team. Prescott struggled, throwing two interceptions. However, the defense stepped up to help pull out a victory.
Following the Steelers game, the team went back home to play the current NFC powerhouse, the Detroit Lions, in a game I stopped following halfway through the second quarter. The Cowboys were dominated in every facet of the game: offense, defense and special teams. They were no match for the Lions. I’m glad that I wasn’t able to watch this game live on TV, but I’m even more distraught that my worst fears were becoming reality.
Prescott threw another two interceptions in the game, proving he didn’t deserve the exuberant amount of money he got at the start of the season. At this point, the Cowboys defense couldn’t stop our high school football team if they tried. Worst of all, no one on the team looked like they even wanted to win.
There was no drive to fix things, make adjustments, fly after the ball or show out in front of their home crowd. I’m starting to believe AT&T Stadium may be cursed because since the team’s eight game win-streak when playing at home last season, the Cowboys have failed to win a single game at home. In every game they’ve played at home since that win streak, they have been embarrassed by their opponents, giving up a total of 167 points in their last four home games.
It was a miracle that they were 3-3 heading into the team’s bye week. I hoped the bye week would give the team some time to reflect and improve its strategy going into the rest of the season, and maybe even give the front office and Jerry Jones time to make a trade for a boost on offense or defense.
I was terribly mistaken.
The Cowboys headed to California to face their NFC rivals: the San Francisco 49ers. The team started the game off pretty well, giving me some hope that maybe they had changed, even taking a 10-6 lead going into halftime. But, alas, I was mistaken once again.
With Prescott continuing his abysmal throwing form, he threw two more interceptions and somehow made simple throws look difficult. The 49ers dominated the Cowboys in the third quarter, scoring 21 unanswered points. Even though the Cowboys made a late surge due to an outstanding performance from star receiver CeeDee Lamb, they couldn’t pull off the comeback.
Next week, the Cowboys take on the Atlanta Falcons on the road, a game that I am not looking forward to. I have no words to describe how distraught, disappointed and angry I am at the Dallas Cowboys. In typical Cowboys fan fashion, I still haven’t lost hope, but, the logical part of my head says there is no way the Cowboys have a chance of making the playoffs this season if something doesn’t drastically change.
