Cowboys Morning After, Wk 4: Routine Response
Dallas does what it always does after a loss - gets back to winning
There was something comforting about Sunday’s demolition of the New England Patriots, wasn’t there?
The relative merits of the game might be different from week to week, but we saw exactly what we have come to expect from this team in this situation.
They respond with authority.
Whenever the Cowboys lose any game, the noise on the outside remains ever-present. The pain of 10,000 days without a trophy cascades in through the walls and repeats the familiar cries of this team’s lack of quality. The public becomes convinced that leadership is wrong, again, and people need to be fired. The critics question the fiber of the team and conclude it is not good enough, just like the others before them. Start over again, this will surely never do. Hope dies.
This is the spark that fuels crisis. Confidence erodes and soon slumps and losing streaks are present in most NFL cities. Losing franchises find losing is contagious and they have no cure. Some may call it culture, but the findings tell you if you can deal with adversity or if you will just try to get comfortable and concede as it destroys you once again.
What makes the Mike McCarthy administration comforting in these situations is the response. It should tell you he can do this job. Because those things McCarthy demonstrated for years and years in Green Bay have clearly been brought and established in Dallas. It isn’t announced in a press conference or put on a banner, but the pile of evidence is clear for all to see.