For a team that just won its 11th game of the year, the Cowboys just can’t seem to win. All year long, they’ve been accused of being frauds because they were blowing out bad teams. It was said they’d never beat a good team and for that reason they’d wilt in the playoffs.
Then, when the Cowboys blew out the Eagles in their rematch against them, the narrative shifted to the Cowboys’ struggles on the road. It was convenient, since the Cowboys had a two-game road trip against two of the best teams in the AFC. They dropped both of them, but the second game was a very narrow loss to the Dolphins.