Dallas Cowboys Loss to Detroit

October 15, 2024- Tuesday

The most poignant moment of the Dallas Cowboys' loss to the Detroit Lions on Sunday for me was actually after the game.  Videographers showed the Cowboys and owner Jerry Jones walking through the tunnel from the field to the locker room and it was as quiet as a tomb.  There was no talking.  No yelling.  All that could be heard was the click of shoes against the concrete floor.  The fourth straight home loss and largest defeat in thirty years resulted in quiet. 

The Cowboys were playing probably the best team in the National Football Conference and the Cowboys had no chance of winning this game even if none of their key players were injured.  The Cowboys were tossed around the field by Detroit as if it was a team of professionals playing against a team of back-up players and rookies.  That is exactly where Dallas is and this is the "all in" team Jerry Jones provided for Coach Mike McCarthy.  A team of back-up players and rookies. 

Yes, there is Micah Parsons and DeMarcus Lawrence, both on the injured list.  There is Trayvon Diggs and Deron Bland on defense and Bland is on the injured list.  On offense there is Zack Martin and Jake Ferguson at tight end.  Cee Dee Lamb is very against average to poor defensive backs.  He disappears against the good defensive backs.  Dak Prescott is a good back-up quarterback.  Outside of the names I mentioned and the punter and kicker, this is a team of unproven and learning rookies and back-up players.  

Coach Mike McCarthy will lose his job either during the season or in January because he is not a miracle worker.  He is not capable of making a purse out of a sow's ear.  He can't add speed, quickness, and talent to players who are not capable.  This isn't a reflection on McCarthy's ability to coach or lead.  It a reflection on the ability of Jerry Jones to evaluate players.  

I anticipate the next Dallas Cowboy win will be on Thanksgiving Day against the New York Giants.  That means five straight losses to teams who are decidedly much better than Dallas.  Detroit, San Francisco, Atlanta, Philadelphia and Houston, will send the sports fans of the Dallas area into apoplectic fits of gargantuan proportions and there will not be any help on the horizon.  Much of the Cowboys' money is now tied up for the next four years in three or four players and there won't be much left for the rest of the team.  

The Cowboys are now 29 years from their last conference championship game.  That number will be moving into the 30's unfortunately for the fans of the Dallas Cowboys.