The Dallas Cowboys desperately needed a win over the Chicago Bears. Instead, they just became more desperate to figure out what has gone wrong this season after dropping another hugely disappointing game 31-24. And it wasn’t as close as the score looks, with a meaningless touchdown with only 4:29 left in the game and a field goal with only eight seconds on the clock reducing the margin of loss. That field goal was to set up an onside kick, and the desperation move predictably failed, which was in tune with the overall performance.
This game had a depressing sense of deja vu.