Word of Muth: Cowboys' Undoing

The 2015 Cowboys season came to unofficial close last week with a 33-14 beatdown at the hands of the Panthers. It has been a lost season in Dallas ever since the (first) Tony Romo injury, but there was a brief glimpse of hope once Romo won his first start back. Then reality showed up on Thursday and it turns out teams that lose seven in a row at any point in the season aren't as good as teams that win 10 in a row, no matter who the quarterback is.

Let's start with the play that essentially extinguished the Cowboys' playoffs chances once and for all. It was the last play of the third quarter, when Tony Romo got sacked and reinjured his collarbone. It's a play that exposes what has been an…