The Cowboys need only Bill Belichick to save them after yet another playoff defeat.
On TV, Jimmy Johnson exuded more enthusiasm for victory than any Dallas Cowboy did on the field.
To save his team, Jerry Jones should now look to another legendary coach.
The rumors surrounding Bill Belichick have intensified. Even though Mike McCarthy hasn’t been fired yet, he is already the clear favorite to become Dallas’ next coach.
That may not be far off after a lackluster showing against Green Bay on Sunday.
In a wild-card game against Green Bay, Dak Prescott, Micah Parsons, and the other NFC East champions did not show up. Since the NFL switched to a 14-team playoff format in 2020, the Cowboys became the first No. 2 seed to lose to a No. 7 seed.
It was far from it. The Cowboys felt humiliated.
In a game they led 27-0 and 48-16, Jordan Love and the Packers dominated Dallas 48-32, destroying Dan Quinn’s defense in the process.
The Cowboys’ 16-game winning streak came to an end when they lost at home for the first time since the 2022 season opener.
After his team’s most recent playoff defeat, Jones must be losing his patience. The 81-year-old owner, who was watching from his suite, appeared shocked and incensed. This collapse, he said, “seems like the most painful” playoff defeat he had ever experienced.
Jones remarked, “This is beyond my comprehension.”
The score did not accurately reflect the quality of the performance. The Cowboys were uninspired, lacked enthusiasm, and had no strategy to counter Green Bay.
Excited during the Fox halftime show, Johnson is the Hall of Fame coach who guided Dallas to two Super Bowl titles in the mid-1990s and was recently inducted into the team’s ring of honor.
Johnson glared into the camera, saying, “You get your rear end in there and you play the way you know how to play.”
The ‘Boys didn’t receive his message.
In the second half, they lacked inspiration just as much as in the first. It appeared even less lopsided after the garbage-time points were added at the end.
The Cowboys are the first team led by McCarthy to win 12 games in the regular season three years in a row without making it to the conference finals. For America’s Team, the Super Bowl drought will now stand at 29 years.
Jones must be thinking about making a shift.
Prescott and Parsons are two of his five second-team All-Pros on a talented roster that includes four first-team players.
But when the pressure mounted against the Packers, everyone gave way.
