On November 5, 2018, after a 28-14 beatdown by the Tennessee Titans, the Dallas Cowboys season was all but dead. The team trailed the Washington Redskins in the division by two games, and their offense was on pace to be one of the worst in the league.
The week prior to the Tennessee game, Dallas traded for star wideout Amari Cooper, hoping it would cure their offensive woes. After the first two drives in the Titans game, the old Cowboys offense came back around, and the team’s offensive performance looked just too bad for them to really contend for the postseason.