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The Dallas Cowboys lost to the Arizona Cardinals. At just about no point in the game on Monday night were the Cowboys competitive. All the worst fears and speculations were realized in the manners in which we predicted in our worst thoughts and the cruelest part of it all is that none of us are surprised.
The season carries life in a technical sense, but it effectively ended on Monday night. The bye week will force us to dwell on this for a long time which is just great.
Here is our Stock Report from the Cardinals loss.
The Cowboys owner, president, and general manager made sure to feed ESPN and their content machine in the lead up to, during, and after this game. He appeared on Stephen A. Smith’s show to tease a trade that we later found out to be Logan Wilson, hosted Smith in his suite that was shown during the game, and continued to insist that the team would be in the mix during his postgame comments. That wound up being true by way of Quinnen Williams.
Is there anyone who enjoys all of this? The Williams trade is exciting, but the circus is exhausting. At one point in time it certainly had a bit of intrigue, but these off-the-field things just weigh everything down and that all starts with Jerry Jones. We all know this. I am not saying anything new.
Do you remember in Space Jam when the Monstars threatened to shackle Michael Jordan for all of his life so that everyone who wanted could play him one-on-one and humiliate him? And that this would be how he would spend all of his days?
That is life for the Dallas Cowboys in modern times.
We are at a point where it is unfair to blame Matt Eberflus entirely, but the defense is so bad and historically inept that we have to keep pointing at least one of the fingers here.
There are debates to be had about whether or not Jacoby Brissett is the best quarterback on the Cardinals roster. Fine. But being so woefully unprepared and unable to do anything mid-game is alarming. Having a fourth defensive coordinator in as many years would not be ideal, but hard conversations have to be had here.
Brian Schottenheimer is in a no-win situation. That being said, he had his team incredibly unprepared for a game against a 2-5 team. His squad got bullied and pushed around (and made fun of with Cardinals’ player comments that were heard on microphones).
He preaches toughness and tenacity, but the group seemed more than willing to fold at the first opportunity. For the first time this season the Cowboys looked disinterested. That is a Brian Schottenheimer issue.
This was not a good game from Dak Prescott. That is stating the obvious. He certainly seemed to give things his...
