The Dallas Cowboys are winless in 2021. They lost last year’s season finale. They lost four preseason games. Now they’ve lost on the NFL’s opening night. That’s six losses in a row for a team that prides itself on a history of winning. The team that took the field on Thursday night, however, is much different than the previous iterations.
To be clear, moral victories do not count in the NFL. They do not get a club closer to the playoffs. If there ever was one, though, it took place when Cowboys fell 31-29 to the defending Super Bowl Champion Tampa Bay Buccaneers. The team didn’t come out smelling like roses in the end, and in fact, some aspects reeked. But the team also has the ultimate de-odorizer.