Up until the moment the Cowboys were methodically dissected by the Broncos on Sunday, I think many of us harbored at least some modicum of hope that this offense would be consistently electric enough to overcome a historically bad stretch of defensive football. Dallas has given up 40-plus points twice and is the third-worst defense in franchise history by points allowed through eight games.
The realization that not even Dak Prescott at an MVP pace with a healthy CeeDee Lamb and rejuvenated George Pickens is capable of salvaging the season used to create the kind of arm-twisting pain that would motivate owner Jerry Jones into action. But the newly passive “all in when it suits me” owner more regularly specializes in tantalizing reporters with the idea that he might do something, without actually following through.
