The Dallas Cowboys lost on Sunday afternoon in Philadelphia and the taste of it is not going to get any better for a long time. Such is life in the NFC East.
Sunday was an opportunity for the Cowboys to seriously vault themselves into contention for the division title, and consideration for the number one seed in the conference. While those things are obviously still achievable, Sunday’s loss to the Eagles takes them further out of Dallas’ control and minimizes the room for error across the second half of the season.
This would not be so upsetting if Dallas never stood a chance in the game like the losses to the Arizona Cardinals or San Francisco 49ers - granted two very different teams in terms of quality - but the Cowboys were in it.