With their 11th straight win Thursday night against Minnesota, the Dallas Cowboys will remain atop whatever power rankings you pay attention to. Conversations about whether Dak Prescott or Ezekiel Elliott or the offensive line deserve to be the NFL MVP will continue through this weekend and into next. This team is well on its way to earning the No. 1 overall seed in the NFC playoffs and ensuring the road to Houston goes through Dallas.
But in the first NFL game of December, this Cowboys’ offense didn’t look like it was fully prepared to take on football in January.