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The Cowboys are down to the final week of the regular season and somehow, they re still in this thing. In fact, they ve got a realistic chance to advance to the playoffs.
Here are five key points of emphasis as they head to Sunday s game with the Giants.
Win or go home.
The Cowboys have found a way to make their season finale a championship game. That s exactly what Mike McCarthy hoped for when the Cowboys appeared down and out a few weeks ago. The team has reversed course with better play in all three phases and shown the resilience of a champion down the stretch.
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Kellen Moore has been a godsend for this Dallas Cowboys football team. Of course, that feeling hasn’t always been there as many of us fans took a long time to warm up to him. How much the coaching staff favored him seemed nonsensical at times, especially when he was ahead of rookie Dak Prescott on the quarterback depth chart in 2016. We were sold this idea that he was a brilliant mind and former head coach Jason Garrett’s affinity for Moore kept the Boise State star quarterback on this team.
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Recap of Game 30
Joe Philbin: Back in 2013, Joe Philbin s Dolphins looked to have turned their season around. After floundering and taking some uninspired losses, they had won a nailbiter in the driving snow in Pittsburgh, and followed that with a nice, strong win in Miami over the previously 10-3 Patriots. They were now 8-6, looking like they only had to win one of their remaining two games to punch their ticket as a Wildcard team. This week: up to Buffalo for a matchup against the division rival Bills.
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Who said the Cowboys were boring? After getting flexed out of Sunday Night Football this week, the Cowboys and 49ers put on a show on Sunday afternoon, certainly a more entertaining product than the game that replaced them. It was a back-and-forth fight all day, but the Cowboys came out on top with a 41-33 victory that included an onside kick returned for a touchdown and a meaningless Hail Mary touchdown as time expired.
It ended up being a game few would want to miss, even if the implications from it may end up being meaningless. A big part of why the game was so competitive, though, was the Cowboys’ rookies putting on a big show, and not just the guy everyone has gotten used to being wowed by.