Head coach Mike McCarthy’s Dallas Cowboys have been winning like it’s the 1990s dynasty years all over again … in the regular season.
Dallas’ three consecutive 12-win seasons since 2021 mark the first run of three successive such years since the Cowboys did so from 1992-95, a period in which they won three Super Bowls in four years. The present day Cowboys have the notorious distinction of being the only team in league history to have three 12-win seasons in a row and no conference championship game appearance in that span.
That postseason failure, especially the latest defeat to conclude their 2023 season — the 48-32 faceplant against the seventh-seeded Green Bay Packers in the NFC wild-card round — is the reason for the franchise’s “get it done with less” offseason approach. Cowboys COO and EVP Stephen Jones insinuated at Dallas’ pre-draft press conference on April 23 that quarterback Dak Prescott’s contract would have already been extended if not for the postseason disappointment. Prescott, the NFL’s passing touchdowns leader in 2023 (36), and wide receiver CeeDee Lamb, the NFL’s receptions leader (135), are both currently set to enter the final year of their current deals in 2024.
“The thing I would say too is that the elephant in the room is our playoff success,” Jones said back in April. “We can win an offseason like we did last year and get an A. Boy, you went and got [wide receiver Brandin] Cooks, you went and got [cornerback Stephon] Gilmore.. …. But guess what, we didn’t get it done in the playoffs.. …. We feel like we can do it with this roster. … We just feel strongly that because we have had success in the drafts. … So our priorities have been historically because we’ve had success in the draft is to then pay your own. … Now when you’re talking about big contracts, like a Dak, like a CeeDee, like a Micah, those things don’t happen overnight. … When you’re…
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Author : Garrett Podell
Publish date : 2024-07-16 13:56:39
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