This is one of three articles examining whether Cowboys players are trending up, down or holding steady to end the 2018 season.
Now that another season has come and gone, enthralled and infuriated, it's time to look back.
A Cowboys team that had no business making the playoffs after a 3-5 start made the required course corrections -- goodbye offensive line coach Paul Alexander, hello wide receiver Amari Cooper -- to finish strong. Dallas swept the World Champion Philadelphia Eagles, won the division and won a wild-card game before falling to the LA Rams.
This should come as no surprise since the divisional round has been the ceiling for the franchise since it won the Super Bowl 23 years ago.