Despite all the hype they get on the sports networks, despite all the cameras their owner draws whenever he opens his mouth, the Dallas Cowboys have been a study in mediocrity for a while.
We’re talking a 47-51 record since the start of the 2010 season. Only two playoff victories since 1996.
In what’s a passing league more than ever, the Cowboys invested the No. 4 overall draft pick last April in a running back from John Burroughs: Ezekiel Elliott. When veteran quarterback Tony Romo got hurt — again — in the preseason, the Cowboys had no choice but to turn to the seventh quarterback taken in the draft: Dak Prescott.