Perhaps now, with the team having fallen to 2-6, the talk of the Dallas Cowboys as legitimate playoff contenders can finally cease.
It had begun to seem that nothing could discourage Cowboys supporters. The team has lost every game since Tony Romo was injured in a Week 2 win, but even with Dallas trailing Philadelphia late in the game Sunday night, on the way to the team’s sixth consecutive loss, the NBC broadcast crew was detailing scenarios in which the Cowboys could win the N.F.C. East.
But when overtime rolled around, Sam Bradford of the Eagles hit Jordan Matthews for a 41-yard touchdown, sealing Dallas’s fate in the game and perhaps for the season.