Tis the time of year for those familiar Cowboy collapses. But on Sunday night, with a cold wind blowing through Lincoln Financial Field and Christmas lights twinkling in the distance, the Cowboys upended the calendar and their own personal history, fending off a furious comeback by the Philadelphia Eagles to win 38-27 and seize control of the NFC East. Where there has been misery -- and three consecutive 8-8 seasons -- there was instead a matter-of-fact satisfaction that the Cowboys might have finally crossed one of their own Rubicons when, after losing a 21-point second-quarter advantage by ceding 24 straight points, they gathered themselves and immediately regained the lead for good. There probably werent many Cowboys fans who hadnt queasily thought about how Dallas blew a big lead to the Green Bay Packers in a late-season game last year. But owner Jerry Jones has insisted for months this squad is different, a contention that has sometimes been met with doubting snickers. When the Cowboys pulled themselves back from the precipice of playoff failure -- had they lost, they would have dropped into a muddle of those on the outside looking in; with the win, they are the third seed with two to play and a chance at a first-round bye -- it was hard to disagree that they had made a statement. And, for a change, not the kind they might have preferred to whisper and hope nobody heard.
Posted on: Sat, 20 Dec 2014 19:37:38 +0000
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