The Cowboys won one of the more thrilling games of the week with their Thursday night shootout against the Seahawks. The irony is that Seattle entered the game with a winning record but, after losing the game, fell to 6-6. Therefore, it’s still technically accurate to say the Cowboys don’t have a win over a team with a winning record.
So what? Win-loss records can be extremely misleading (*cough* Eagles *cough*) and rarely reflect actual team strength. That’s where advanced metrics, like DVOA, can really come in handy. And while these analytics don’t necessarily predict future results, they’re generally more reliable indicators of future success than a team’s record.