{"id":408993,"date":"2026-08-17T16:32:16","date_gmt":"2026-08-17T16:32:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/408993\/"},"modified":"2026-08-17T16:32:16","modified_gmt":"2026-08-17T16:32:16","slug":"dallas-cowboys-randomly-trolled-by-north-carolina-police-department","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/408993\/","title":{"rendered":"Dallas Cowboys Randomly Trolled By North Carolina Police Department"},"content":{"rendered":"<p id=\"inline-text-0\" class=\"mt-[18px] md:mt-0 mb-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"90\">The Dallas Cowboys getting trolled is nothing new, but seeing a random police department in North Carolina taking part in the popular pastime wasn&#8217;t something we expected to see.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-1\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"93\">Right before the Cowboys took the field for their <a href=\"https:\/\/www.si.com\/nfl\/cowboys\/onsi\/biggest-takeaways-dallas-cowboys-impressive-nfl-preseason-win-over-seahawks\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">first preseason game of 2026<\/a> on Saturday, the Greensboro Police Department posted a heat warning for residents.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-2\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"96\">But included in it was a reference to the Cowboys&#8217; lack of playoff success over the past three decades.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-3\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"99\">&#8220;Please stay hydrated outside over the next few days. It&#8217;s going to be like the Dallas Cowboys and peaking in the 90s,&#8221; the <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/GSO_Police\/status\/2088771058929119492\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Greensboro Police Department<\/a> wrote on X.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-4\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"9c\">We&#8217;re not aware of any axe the Greensboro Police Department has to grind with the Cowboys, so it appears its social media account was just going for some engagement.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-5\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"9f\">Dallas really has nobody to blame but itself for being open to these kinds of disses from detractors. <\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-6\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"9i\">This is what happens when a team like the Cowboys is constantly the center of attention despite <a href=\"https:\/\/www.si.com\/nfl\/cowboys\/onsi\/where-dallas-cowboys-championship-drought-ranks-after-knicks-nba-finals-victory\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">not having a lot of success<\/a> since the franchise&#8217;s dynasty in the 1990s.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-7\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"9l\">What we can say is that the Cowboys &#8220;peaking in the 90s&#8221; led to three Super Bowl victories, which is three more than the closest NFL team to Greensboro, the Carolina Panthers, have won.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-8\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"9o\">It&#8217;s also worth mentioning the Cowboys&#8217; five Super Bowls in total are <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nfl\/story\/_\/id\/39446506\/which-nfl-team-most-super-bowl-wins\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">more than just three other teams<\/a> have totaled in NFL history, with the San Francisco 49ers also having five and the Pittsburgh Steelers and New England Patriots owning six titles.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-9\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"9r\">We&#8217;ll take peaking in the 90s and a handful of Super Bowl titles overall the totals the vast majority of NFL teams sport.<\/p>\n<p>Renewed hope in 2026<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/01m07x68dqtvf8d4dnjr.jpg\" alt=\"Dallas Cowboys defensive coordinator Christian Parker at training camp at River Ridge Playing Fields.\" title=\"Dallas Cowboys defensive coordinator Christian Parker at training camp at River Ridge Playing Fields.\" width=\"360\" height=\"360\" class=\"undefined w-full w-full blur-[5px]\" q:id=\"a4\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Dallas Cowboys defensive coordinator Christian Parker. | IMAGN IMAGES via Reuters Connect<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-12\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"a8\">While there is no shortage of doubt about the Cowboys&#8217; ability to win a Super Bowl in 2026, that hasn&#8217;t prevented the team from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.si.com\/nfl\/cowboys\/onsi\/dak-prescott-trying-manifest-dallas-cowboys-super-bowl-unique-way\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">having that as its goal<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-13\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"ab\">&#8220;We break down the huddle and to hear guys like Quinnen Williams, Rashan Gary even speak about it, to hear them break the team down and use those words. Just let you know that&#8217;s not just that I&#8217;m not just trying to manifest it myself. It&#8217;s an energy about what the players feel. It&#8217;s an energy about the organization,&#8221; quarterback Dak Prescott said.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-14\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"ae\">The biggest reason the Cowboys missed the playoffs the past two seasons <a href=\"https:\/\/www.si.com\/nfl\/cowboys\/onsi\/news\/jerry-jones-rips-defense-holding-dallas-cowboys-back-2025-nfl-season\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">has been the defense<\/a>, which has been awful in that span.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-15\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"ah\">The good news is, the Cowboys completely revamped that side of the ball, starting with the hiring of new defensive coordinator Christian Parker.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-16\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"ak\">From there, the Cowboys made additions at every level of the defense, with the most recent one being the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.si.com\/nfl\/cowboys\/onsi\/von-miller-shouts-out-cowboys-fans-after-signing-with-dallas\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">signing of Von Miller<\/a>, who inked a one-year deal on Sunday night.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-17\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"an\">While the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.si.com\/nfl\/cowboys\/onsi\/will-dallas-cowboys-starters-play-vs-seahawks-week-1-nfl-preseason\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">ones didn&#8217;t play in the preseason opener<\/a> on Saturday, it is still worth noting Dallas&#8217; defense had a strong debut and would have pitched a shutout if not for a penalty-riddled first drive.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-18\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"aq\">That&#8217;s not enough to say the defense is fixed, of course, but it&#8217;s at least a step in the right direction for Parker&#8217;s unit.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"22\" height=\"22\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.minutemediacdn.com\/platform\/google_discover_icon.svg\" class=\"shrink-0\"\/>Add us as a preferred source on Google<a aria-label=\"Follow si.com on Google News\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=si.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" class=\"flex h-[30px] w-[30px] shrink-0 items-center justify-center rounded-full bg-primary font-group-large text-sm font-medium text-white transition-colors hover:bg-secondary focus:bg-secondary md:w-auto md:gap-2.5 md:px-4 md:py-[5px]\">Follow<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Dallas Cowboys getting trolled is nothing new, but seeing a random police department in North Carolina taking&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":408994,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[102,104,103],"class_list":["post-408993","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-dallas","tag-dallas","tag-dallas-headlines","tag-dallas-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/408993","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=408993"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/408993\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/408994"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=408993"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=408993"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=408993"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}