To borrow a lyric from a popular boy band song morphed with the name of my good friend Abby Miller’s fantasy team: Dak Street is not back. In fact, the Cowboys aren’t just not back, they’ve morphed into a complete and total disaster. And Jerry Jones has no one — not his coaching staff, not his players, not local sports talk radio hosts — to blame but himself.
NFL owners don’t get fired because of the title. But Jerry’s title carries a little more weight as he’s also the general manager. Any other general manager who rolled out this roster, with these variant contract situations, well, they’d be fired. But Jerry won’t fire himself. He can’t fire Dak. He can’t fire CeeDee. So he’s eventually going to fire Mike McCarthy.
Maaaaaybe the Cowboys rip off some wins and make a playoff run. I feel pretty freaking stupid for suggesting they would win the NFC East. And at 3-5 now, there’s nothing encouraging about where they stand or where they might go. Prescott suffered multiple injuries on Sunday, including a hamstring problem and a nebulous issue with his throwing hand. Lamb left the game for a stretch as well and is scheduled for an MRI on his AC joint.
Things are falling apart. Or, if you prefer: the Cowboys are terrible. But don’t take my word for it, just