The Dallas Cowboys are coming off a 10-6 season and an NFC East title. They snagged a playoff victory and look like a team on the rise. A defense that took the next step paired with an offense that has the tools to be potent should point to bigger and better things in 2019. But, as Cowboys fans, we’ve been here before.
As my colleague Michael Strawn detailed in a recent article, the Cowboys have had multiple opportunities in recent history to build off of promising seasons. Each time they failed. In 2008 the team seemed to fall apart and a short-term injury to Tony Romo didn’t help.