It was a game approached with eager anticipation. From the moment the final whistle blew in their 28-23 loss in Philadelphia five weeks ago, the Cowboys had the rematch circled on the calendar. Dallas felt they were the better team in their first match-up. A series of bad bounces, questionable calls, and fluke occurrences all seemed to rob them of a representative outcome that day. Week 14 was their chance to prove it.
And prove it the Cowboys did. Dallas scored on their first drive and never looked back. If it wasn’t for a Dak Prescott sack-fumble returned for touchdown in the third quarter, the game never felt close. They claimed a win probability of 75% in the first quarter and never let it drop below.
With the win, Dallas proved they didn’t just beat up bad teams, but showed they beat up really good teams as well. It added legitimacy to their efforts this season and put the NFL on notice that they are not the same team who stumbled through the dark earlier in the year.