Early in the terrible, horrible, no good, very bad first quarter of the Dallas Cowboys’ home opener against the Atlanta Falcons, a certain sentiment began to crop up on social media. Here is just one (frequently duplicated) sample:
To state things with a little less “trying to be clever and original by using one of the most overused memes in the universe”, the big hole the Cowboys dug for themselves, plus the disappointing loss a week earlier to the Los Angeles Rams, had many wondering if things had really changed that much with the hiring of Mike McCarthy to replace Jason Garrett.