ARLINGTON, Texas -- A season that was already painful in many ways took a twisting turn into more anguish for the Dallas Cowboys with their 27-20 loss to the Cincinnati Bengals on Monday.
Now 5-8 with four games to play, the Cowboys' chances to make the playoffs for the fourth straight season were slim before kickoff and even slimmer after.
"Just do the math," coach Mike McCarthy said. "Obviously we're not even back to even. We're still in a hole. So we need a tremendous amount of help. Just being captain obvious here.