Cowboys Showing Guts

So Romo plays with a fractured rib; Dez Bryant plays banged up, as does Felix Jones and the Cowboys get a tough win where, it sounds like, a lot of things went wrong for them. In fact, that’s 2 weeks in a row where they’ve basically had bad games but still managed to get things right in the end and pull out a win.

It’s tempting to say the team has turned a corner, especially after last year. But I’m not convinced that the ‘Niners or ‘Skins are actually formidable opponents. Which means the Cowboys may be just good enough to lose big games against quality opponents. Kind of like what happened in Week 1 against the Jets, in fact.

History has shown repeatedly that top-notch teams beat the teams they should, and beat them handily. They also beat other good teams. Losses are rarely, if ever, to bad teams and when they are, it’s typically a division rival. It’s a mark of a consistent, high-level quality of play that a good team must have to make it to the playoffs and win a Super Bowl.

It’s still early days for this season. Early successes like the Cowboys have had these past 2 weeks can certainly help the psyche. Especially for the Cowboys, who lost so loudly and so often last year. In particular, it’s good to see that Romo has been able to get things done late in games to get wins at long last.

In fact, that’s probably the best that can be said about this year’s Cowboys team. Last year, they would have found ways to lose those games. But that’s still not the greatest of compliments. We’ll see where they are at in another couple of weeks.