It is truly becoming a running theme that we think it can’t get any worse and the Cowboys nearly made it happen once again against the Colts yesterday.
They somehow found a way to win a game that honestly should not have even been close, but once again they nearly blew a two-score lead late in the second half, and this time not only did they have plenty of time to put the game out of reach, they hurt themselves in more ways than one.
The Cowboys set a season high in penalties with 14 that resulted in 153 yards, and more than half came on the offensive side of the ball, and half of those happened after a big gain by the offense.
Two pass interference calls against CeeDee Lamb, and two holdings on Brev-Spann Ford on two first down runs killed drives that resulted in no points that otherwise could have given them a larger lead multiple times.
Not only that, but when the Cowboys were up three early in the 4th quater, CeeDee Lamb caught a ball falling to the ground and, as he got up and ran for another 40 yards, he fumbled deep inside Colts territory, so instead of going up 10, I said here we go again!
What Gives?
So let me start here, if they had 14 penalties against any other team that was not the Colts, they would have gotten the breaks beat off them, and guess what, this, once again, is a coaching issue.
You can’t tell me that this team looks like they even care to be playing football, and they sure as heck don’t care when they make a mistake? And how about DeMarvion Overshown, who was OUT for this game, running onto the field after a turnover costing them 15 yards of field position.
This is simple, bone-headed stuff that needs to be drilled into the brains of these guys.
The other issue is that, even with all these penalties, the head coach of this football team, in Brian Schottenheimer, will not hold a single person accountable for these mistakes. He will brush them under the rug and be happy that he did not lose a game in which any other team would have him fired.
This team is so undisciplined they treated the post-game locker room like they had just won the Super Bowl.
How about, instead of saying ‘YEAH’ after every sentence, you talk about the fact that if you play like this next week with 14 miscues that cause your team yards, the 49ers are going to drop 50 on your head.
(and lemme know when you see it)
In the end, every single week we are shown how poorly this team is coached by the head coach, who will not get another single interview the moment he is let go by the Dallas Cowboys.
I don’t know how long we are going to have to deal with him running the show, but I have a very strong feeling that no matter how this season ends, he is going to be the guy we are watching on the sidelines a year from now and it makes me sick.
Schotty is not a head coach in this league and this team is getting worse every single week, and that is hard to do with the talent that they have, they just aren’t good.
I am always going to root for the Cowboys to win while they are alive, but a part of me was hoping they would have lost yesterday because there is no way in heck that Jerry Jones could have sat up there and defended the way they would have blown two 4th quater leads.
This week against the 49ers is going to be a boat race and the Cowboys will be lucky to keep it within a three-score game by the end of the first half.
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