Sunday’s 38-3 shellacking of the Patriots proved cathartic for the Cowboys and their fans after the previous week’s no-show in the desert. The defense was once again at powerhouse form, the offense showed encouraging signs of what could still be coming, and the special teams added their own punctuation marks at just the right moments.
Things got off to a rocky start with an opening drive that- stop me if you’ve heard this one before- fizzled out in the red zone and forced Dallas to settle for a short field goal.
But the Cowboys were able to regroup and overcome that bugaboo- along with several others, like penalties and TD passes to wide receivers- en route to handing Bill Belichick the largest loss of his coaching career.
There were plenty of game-defining plays to choose from, but these are the four that the grumpy guy in the hoodie could be seeing in his nightmares for a while.
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