The 2017 Dallas Cowboys entered their Week 9 game against the Atlanta Falcons with a chance to advance their playoff hopes. A win would set up a marquee Sunday Night Football matchup against division rival Philadelphia that could swing the division – and a playoff spot – to the Cowboys. Dallas then went out and laid an egg, getting obliterated by the Falcons.
The 2018 Dallas Cowboys pretty much replicated that feat Monday night against the Tennessee Titans. A win would have put them in contention for the division and set up a big game with Philadelphia the next week, but then Dallas played their worst game of the year.