Say what you will about the 2024 Dallas Cowboys, but they appear to be very good at this tanking thing. Many teams throughout time have been accused of tanking to get a better draft pick for a new regime. Technically, it is against the rules, so the trick is to lose as many games as you can but not look like you’re trying to lose games.
In that sense, the 2024 Cowboys are on an absolute heater.
Capping off the Week 11 slate with a Monday night prime time game against the slumping Texans, the Cowboys played a first half that very much looked like they were getting ready to play spoiler.