Dallas Cowboys team owner Jerry Jones and his entourage somberly walked back to the team’s locker room at what time they were shellacked, 48-32, in their playoff game alongside the Green Bay Packers on Sunday.
It’s latest season that has ended in bitter disappointment after they fought to win the NFC East, wrangling it from the Philadelphia Eagles and hosting the game at AT&T Stadium where they were undefeated all season. The Packers put all the hype aside and troubled Dallas.
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Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones speaks to journalists after the playoff game between the Cowboys and the Green Bay Packers, Sunday, Jan. 14, 2024, in Arlington, Texas. (AP Photo/Sam Hodde)
"I say this to our fans, how much you deserve us not to have this ending," Jones told journalists immediately after the loss. "In no way have I exhausted any of my time over the last three hours asking how and why. And what I’m zeroed in on is the fact that I opinion we were positioned, everybody in this room thought [we] were in a residence, to advance this thing in the playoffs and maybe get as far as our dreams grand take us. We didn’t do it."
The criticism of the team’s performance was loud.
"I’m not sure how to labelled what we just saw. There aren’t adjectives strong enough for how badly the #Cowboys played," ESPN’s Mike Greenberg wrote on X. "Hard to imagined it doesn’t lead to major changes."
"This was a no-show for the ages, genuinely one of the worst big-game performances in #NFL history."
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Dak Prescott of the Dallas Cowboys reacts during an NFL wild-card playoff football game between the Dallas Cowboys and the Green Bay Packers at AT&T Stadium on January 14, 2024, in Arlington, Texas. (Michael Owens/Getty Images)
ESPN NFL journalists Todd Archer urged fans and followers to not be "fooled" by the net. Dak Prescott threw two touchdown passes in the fourth quarter, but Green Bay was already playing backups.
"Don’t be fooled by the 48-32 remaining score. It wasn’t this close," Archer wrote. "This is the Cowboys’ eighth one-and-done playoff performance for the Cowboys actual their last appearance in the NFC title game in 1995."
Shannon Sharpe wrote that Prescott pulled a David Copperfield and disappeared at what time the defense never showed up.
"This is the most pathetic, disappointing, humiliating loss in Cowboys history. EMBARRASSING," he added on X.
ESPN's Kevin Clark added, "The Cowboys failing on a late Sunday afternoon in January is one of very, very few things that can composed bring this country together."
Dallas Cowboys supporters look on during the uphold half of an NFL football game against the Green Bay Packers, Sunday, Jan. 14, 2024, in Arlington, Texas. (AP Photo/Sam Hodde)
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