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Dallas is arguably the hottest team in the NFL, and their confidence is unwavering.
FRISCO — It was a month ago when the Cowboys were 3-5-1 and looking at a top 15 draft pick.
A series of events that included a loss to Arizona, a daring trade at the deadline, the tragic loss of defensive end Marshawn Kneeland and the return of several injured players have brought this team together.
The Cowboys are in the midst of a season-high three-game win streak, the first such stretch since 2023. With five games remaining in the regular season, the team is in the playoff conversation.
However, early season losses make reaching the postseason difficult.
How can one put what’s happened with this team into proper context, given where it stood nearly a month ago?
“The consistency is what you’re noticing,” coach Brian Schottenheimer said in a Friday conference call. “When you look back and try to figure out why that is, again it’s a little bit like we just stayed to the process. We trusted the process and we’ve continued to coach to the details and try to get communication better on defense and continue to work on pass protection and fundamentals and things like that. That’s the biggest thing I would say, we’ve always had confidence, we’re never going to lack for confidence.”
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“We can be whatever we want to be,” quarterback Dak Prescott said after the Thanksgiving Day win over the Chiefs. “Everything’s in front of us. I just was telling the offense that when we’re in those kneel-downs at the end of the [Chiefs] game. But it’s not going to happen next Thursday. It’s going to happen Sunday [at practice] when we get in the building. It’s just taking it one day at a time, putting everything in, understanding that we win during the week with our preparation and that we just get to come out here and play the game that we love and playing it free.”
The former All-Pro is set to return in Week 14 barring a setback.
The Dallas Cowboys are playing their best football in nearly two seasons after winning games against last year’s Super Bowl participants, the Philadelphia Eagles and Kansas City Chiefs, in a span of four days to keep their playoff hopes alive.
Tony Romo thinks the Cowboys can “run the table” to close out the season, while former Dallas cornerback Stephon Gilmore believes they will “win the Super Bowl” if they make the playoffs. While the schedule lightens up some over the final five weeks, they’ll need all hands on deck.
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