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The Dallas Cowboys’ 2024 season has been nothing but a rollercoaster with way more downs than ups through 17 weeks of play.
Just a week ago, Dallas (7-9) celebrated a 26-24 upset victory over the then-NFC South-leading Tampa Bay Buccaneers despite being eliminated from postseason contention. In the immediate aftermath of that win, Cowboys owner and Jerry Jones gushed about head coach Mike McCarthy keeping his players locked in even though reaching the postseason was no longer possible.
“They wouldn’t give it up out there, so I’m real, real proud of them. Mike McCarthy, he just won’t let them not think that they’re not playing for a Super Bowl out there,” Jones said last week. “He won’t let them do it. I’m proud of them. Proud of the coach.”
However, the Cowboys’ Week 17 performance was the total opposite of their Week 16 triumph: They were dominated in all phases in their 41-7 faceplant against the Philadelphia Eagles (13-3). That will, in all likelihood, put McCarthy’s future back in doubt in Jones’ mind. In Dallas’ first game without 2023 first-team All-Pro wide receiver CeeDee Lamb this season, the offense didn’t have any consistent answers. The Cowboys started the game with the football, and quarterback Cooper Rush threw a pick six. After he bounced back with a 4-yard touchdown pass on a goal-line fade to wide receiver Jalen Tolbert, McCarthy’s offense crumbled. Dallas’ final eight drives involved four punts, a second interception by Rush, two lost fumbles and a missed 61-yard field goal.
It’s worth noting the Cowboys offense was without quarterback Dak Prescott (hamstring tear), right guard Zack Martin (ankle) and wide receiver CeeDee Lamb (AC joint sprain in shoulder), but Dallas wide receiver/return man KaVontae Turpin had some pointed critiques of McCarthy’s playbook with Lamb sidelined on Sunday.
“Man, I just feel like, at the end of the day, with CeeDee gone, we…
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Author : Garrett Podell
Publish date : 2024-12-30 00:49:00
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