Three years ago, almost to the day, the Cowboys coaching staff was busy coaching the North Team in the lead-up to the Senior Bowl. They had earned this honor by finishing with one of the worst records in the league in 2015 at 4-12, a record that brought with it such accouterments as a top four draft pick, the opportunity to coach the Senior Bowl, and a last-place schedule in 2016.
Three years later, the Cowboys are coaching the Pro Bowl after a 10-6 season in 2018 and have quietly - and largely unnoticed by the Pusillanimous Parade of Pessimism in Dallas - strung together three consecutive winning seasons.