ARLINGTON, Texas - With 13 wins and home-field advantage clinched through the NFC playoffs, the Dallas Cowboys rested many of their regular players in a season-finale loss to the Eagles.
Little was made out of the losing locker room that day, because the Cowboys were already established as the favorites in the NFC after sterling seasons by rookie quarterback Dak Prescott and running back Ezekiel Elliott. Except they never experienced a winning locker room again.
Dallas' season ended Sunday with a 34-31 loss to the Green Bay Packers in the NFC divisional playoffs when the Cowboys became the latest victims of Aaron Rodgers' scorching late-season march.