The Dallas Cowboys could not get the job done last night against the Detroit Lions in a game that they needed to win to boost their playoff chances.

Although that didn’t happen, Javonte Williams was able to do something for the first time in his career by rushing for over 1,000 yards. He has never done that in his time in the NFL. His best was in 2021 during his rookie season, when he rushed for 903 yards.

Now, depending on how the rest of the year goes, Williams could be a hot name when free agency rolls around.

Worth...

In the Detroit Lions’ last two runs to the playoffs under Dan Campbell in 2023 and 2024, they did not lose back to back games at any point. While they still have a lot of work to do to replicate making the NFC Championship Game in ‘23 or being the conference’s top seed like in ‘24, they took a huge step in the right direction towards at least making the playoffs by keeping this streak alive on Thursday at home versus the Dallas Cowboys. If the Lions do go on to the reach the playoffs, it would be their first...

The Dallas Cowboys very nearly did it. They almost ran the gauntlet that many pundits predicted would end their season.

After consecutive three-point wins over the Eagles and the Chiefs last week, Dallas had a chance to run the gauntlet with a perfect 3-0 record.

That would have put them at 7-5-1 for the season with a very favorable schedule ahead. The Cowboys could afford a loss in Los Angeles to the Chargers with a win over Detroit.

With their other three remaining games being against the Vikings, Commanders, and Giants, even a 10-6-1 mark would get them in as...

It was a fun few weeks of optimism. Just when you thought the Dallas Cowboys might go on an improbable run toward the postseason, they were undone on the road against the Detroit Lions. The offense put themselves in a deep hole early and were playing catch-up against one of the league’s most potent offenses. The Cowboys put themselves in a high-octane race against Jahmyr Gibbs and the Lions, and unfortunately, they got lapped. With the loss, Dallas’ chances of making the playoffs plummeted. Not saying it’s over, but the last sprinkles of sand in the hourglass are fading away...

After the Dallas Cowboys recent loss to the Detroit Lions, 44-30, it’s hard to know just how pumped up Cowboys fans will be for Week 15. A lot of time was spent talking about how Dallas basically had to win out to make the playoffs, but that if they did win out they had a decent chance. That’s gone now. The Cowboys didn’t win out.

Instead, they lost and now sit at 6-6-1 and way down the pecking order in the NFC. The playoffs might not be in the cards for the team, but they still ahve to finish out...

Well, as you can see, the Dallas Cowboys playoff hopes took a massive hit last night in the loss to the Detroit Lions, mainly because the defense we saw early in the season returned last night.

A lot of us, including myself, did think that maybe the Cowboys defense could be just good enough to match the offense and help this playoff push after the last two weeks, but the real Dallas defense stood up on Thursday night!

It Was Ugly

The Cowboys pressured Jared Goff four times on his first six drop backs, blitzing him three times. They...

The winning streak is over. It seemed like a tough ask for the Dallas Cowboys to win three straight games against the three teams with the best records last season, and sure enough, it was. The Cowboys fell to the Detroit Lions on Thursday night, 44-30, putting their playoff hopes on life support. It was a frustrating game to watch with a little goodness sprinkled in. Here are my 10 thoughts on this unfortunate loss in the Motor City.

1. Falling behind again

It wouldn’t be a Cowboys game if the team didn’t dig itself a hole early. They...

Game Recap: Dallas falls to Detroit, 44-30 – Kurt Daniels, DallasCowboys.com

The Cowboys looked disinterested in one of the biggest games of the season.

There was a lot on the line in this Thursday night showdown between the Dallas Cowboys and Detroit Lions. With both teams fighting for a playoff spot, the winner would find itself securely in the hunt while the loser would face an uphill battle to reach the postseason.

Unfortunately, the task just got that much tougher for the Cowboys as they fell to Lions, 44-30.

Dallas didn’t do itself any...

After I released my last article, “2 Early Cowboys Mock Drafts: You Vote“, one thing immediately jumped out to me, not from the mock drafts themselves, but from the comments.

A few fans kept repeating the same idea:

Trade the second first-round pick, move out of 25 and pick up a 2nd and 3rd.

It didn’t matter whether they liked the players I mocked at 14 or 25. It didn’t matter how the board fell. The loudest reaction was that Dallas should automatically turn pick 25 into more draft capital.

When I pulled up the draft value chart, the numbers...

The Dallas Cowboys lost on Thursday night to the Detroit Lions. Losing in general is difficult to take, but doing so when your playoff lives are on the line makes it especially frustrating.

For all intents and purposes the Cowboys held a 23% chance of reaching the playoffs before Thursday night’s game. In losing their odds dropped to 9% which means you can use the gif from Dumb and Dumber to talk about it.

The New York Times playoff simulator gives the Cowboys a 41% chance of reaching the playoffs if they win out (Vikings, Chargers, at Commanders, and at...

The Cowboys do it every year, but it doesn’t make it any easier. Playing three games in 12 days is difficult regardless of who you face, and even more so when you’re facing three of the most lethal offenses in the league.

That’s what Thursday night in Detroit felt like: a Cowboys team that simply ran out of gas. The defense, especially, looked to be lacking any of the magic they’d displayed in their previous three games. They forced a punt at the 8:28 minute mark in the second quarter, and Lions punter Jack Fox took the rest of the...

With the Dallas Cowboys’ season at risk, the Cowboys played fast and loose with the football against the Lions. In the end, two early turnovers helped put Dallas into too deep of a hole to climb out of.

The Lions handed Dallas a 44-30 loss, Jahmyr Gibbs 13-yard touchdown run, his third of the game, with 2:19 remaining. D.J. Reed’s interception of Dak Prescott with 1:06 left sealed the win.

The loss drops the Cowboys (6-6-1) back into 10th in the NFC playoff standings.

They now trail the Panthers by a half-game for ninth and the Lions by 1.5 games...