There are a few certainties in life. Death, taxes, and the Dallas Cowboys shrinking at the sight of any reasonable expectations. Dearest readers, you follow the NFL. You know that those first two sentences could’ve likely been written at any point in the Jerry Jones era in Dallas. But, somehow, this time feels worse.
That’s because Jones effectively wrote blank checks for these Cowboys to be Super Bowl contenders.
After an extended summer of consternation, Jones relented and gave superstar receiver CeeDee Lamb $100 million. Not long after, Jones made Dak Prescott — a quarterback who is the picture of mercurial to some — the highest-paid quarterback in NFL history. These deals came on the heels of a relatively recent handsome extension to cornerback Trevon Diggs.
Jones’ reward for his faith in his players?
Prescott is one of the least efficient quarterbacks in football through six weeks, Lamb can’t produce the way he’s expected to with his running mate struggling, and Diggs is the face of a sieve defense that is getting run off the field almost every week. On top of that, Mike McCarthy is doing his typical “I have no idea what I’m doing” act, leaving Dallas already grasping for straws in a 3-3 start. All in all, I frankly couldn’t think of a worse birthday present for Jones as the man who has thought he’d turn around the Cowboys for over a quarter-century.
And I don’t blame you if you’re already jumping off this bandwagon.
The Cowboys are naturally a huge part of For The Win’s Week 7 NFL power rankings, as are several other disappointing NFL teams. Let’s hop in and find out where everyone stands in mid-October.
