
The Dallas Cowboys breathed some much-needed life into their season by crushing the Las Vegas Raiders on Monday Night Football in their first action since an active trade deadline. They are still far from what they want to be and only knocking on the door of those "in the hunt" graphics that start cropping up this time of year laying out the potential playoff participants. And clawing back into serious contention will be extremely difficult as their next three opponents are the Philadelphia Eagles, Kansas City Chiefs and Detroit Lions—the latter two of those are also facing increased pressure to make the postseason field.
But America's Team has a high-profile believer.