Credit for the Dallas Cowboys’ blowout win over the Atlanta Falcons on Sunday goes largely to “Monkey Butt.”
It was the anti-chafing powder — yes, seriously — that kicked coach Mike McCarthy's team into gear following their loss last week to the Denver Broncos.
“This past week coming off that ugly performance against Denver, McCarthy dubbed it R.A.W., meaning ‘Red-Ass Week,’ the NFL Network’s Tom Pelissero said on Monday. “In other words, get mad. Take it personally, and then get out on the field and take it out on the Falcons.”
Unusual analogy aside, McCarthy’s latest motivational tactic clearly worked.