The Dallas Cowboys were thoroughly beaten in all three phases of the game by the Indianapolis Colts on Sunday afternoon. Special teams faltered as the team’s lone field goal attempt was blocked. The Cowboys offense failed to score a single point. And the vaunted defense was gashed for 178 rushing yards, their biggest allowed total on the ground all season.
It was an embarrassing 23-0 defeat that the most optimistic among us will count as a hard but necessary lesson learned. It appears being too “hot to trot” about yourselves following an impressive five-game win streak isn’t the best way to approach a road game against a team that has now won seven of their last eight contests.