Agony Prolonged For Cowboys, Still In Playoff Contention
The 2015-16 season for the Dallas Cowboys will be one that many fans hope to forget. The team currently sits in last place in the NFC East, with a 3-8 record. However, the team and fans are not suffering because they their playoff hopes are dead, it is actually the opposite.
The Dallas Cowboys remain just two games out of first place in the division. The Washington Redskins beat the New York Giants on Sunday, giving both squads a record of 5-6. With five games left in the season, the Cowboys are still actually in contention to win the division.
Unfortunately, the Cowboys are once again Romo-less. The quarterback suffered a hairline fracture in his left collarbone in the vicinity of the previous break. The team will not be forced to finish the season with Romo on the sidelines.
This is a devastating blow for a team that is has endured a painful 0-8 record in his absence. Matt Cassel will now be thrusted back into the spotlight, with everyone wondering if he can lead the Cowboys to even one win this season, let alone enough wins to secure the division.
“We have to look at ourselves in the mirror and take full responsibility for it,” Garrett said after the loss to the Panthers. “We have to decide over the next few days what we want to be; what we want to be individually; what we want to be collectively. When we get back together again, early next week to recommit and be the type of team we’re capable of being. There’s nothing we can do to what’s happened up to this point. What we have to do if focus on going forward, learn from the experience we’ve had and be hardened by the experience we’ve had and move forward, take it day by day, game by game.”
Until the Cowboys can prove they are capable of winning a game without Romo, there is no use going through the calculations to see how the Cowboys can make the playoffs. This is a tough pill to swallow for a team with so much promise and a huge opportunity right within their grasp.
Cassel will get his second run as the Cowboys’ starting quarterback after posting four touchdown passes and five interceptions in his previous four starts.
The Cowboys will play a pivotal division game against the NFC East leading Redskins next Monday night. If the Cowboys wish to remain in contention for the playoffs, they will need to secure a victory. The Cowboys still remain confident and ready to reverse the current trends this season.
“We’re still trying to battle,” safety Barry Church said. “It’s definitely going to be hard. We put ourselves in a huge hole right now. We definitely got to battle. There’s no conceding anything. Hopefully the rest of the team feels that way.”
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