That was less of a football game and more of a burial. The Dallas Cowboys, having already clinched the NFC East by kickoff, sent a message to the rest of the league just weeks before the postseason. The game we have all been waiting for.
It was a perfect illustration of what Cowboys fans were hoping from this team; when the offense is clicking and the defense is performing to the level we now expect, Dallas is unstoppable. But every game will not be a 56-14 blowout, so what did we truly learn?
The defense is led by a young core
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If you need any other reason to be excited about the defense at this point, consider this, the Cowboys are tied for the seventh-youngest defense in the NFL.