(Editor’s Note: The 2017 Cowboys finished with a winning record, but they fell out of the playoffs in a disappointing follow-up to a 13-3 season. As the team seeks to find a way back to the postseason, the writers of DallasCowboys.com will look back at last year, picking a positive and a negative from all 16 games that might be something to either build on or correct as we head into the 2018 season.)
Game 3: Cowboys 28, Cardinals 17
It’s not often that an NFL game, especially one involving the Cowboys, can play second fiddle to the pregame festivities, but that’s exactly what took place in Arizona as the world anxiously watched what the Cowboys and Cardinals would do during the national anthem.