The Cowboys began the day knowing they needed to win out and have the Eagles go 2-2 in the final four games to win the NFC East. That scenario would have left the Cowboys 10-6-1 and the Eagles 10-7.<\/p>\n
But it was not to be. <\/p>\n
Hours after the Eagles shut out the Raiders 31-0, the Cowboys stunk it up at home. They lost to the Vikings 34-26.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe certainly didn\u2019t think we\u2019d be here in this kind of shape with three games to go and be behind the eight ball the way we are,\u201d Cowboys owner Jerry Jones said afterward. \u201cIt\u2019s very disappointing. I\u2019m really, obviously, very disappointed for our fans. I\u2019m disappointed for these players. I didn\u2019t expect that. I thought we could come out here and on both sides of the ball make a better accounting of ourselves. Minnesota did the best job out there today on both sides of the ball.\u201d<\/p>\n
The Cowboys aren\u2019t eliminated from the playoffs, but their odds are longer than long to make the postseason. Realistically, they are done, something quarterback Dak Prescott acknowledged postgame. <\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s shitty,\u201d Prescott said at one point, calling Sunday one of the toughest losses of his career.<\/p>\n
The Cowboys know where they stand after a second consecutive loss: They will miss the playoffs for a second consecutive season.<\/p>\n
\u201cI don\u2019t know how to describe a miracle,\u201d Jones said. \u201cI know it would take a very tight circumstance to get us in. We expected that. We thought we\u2019d have to win out to have a little room, but not a lot. Now, of course, I know how to count.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Cowboys began the day knowing they needed to win out and have the Eagles go 2-2 in…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":349726,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[63],"tags":[349,99],"class_list":{"0":"post-349725","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nfl","8":"tag-nfl","9":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/349725","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=349725"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/349725\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/349726"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=349725"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=349725"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=349725"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}