Key 1. This is what we have come to. The Cowboys‘ latest outings have reflected a team that continues to implode week after week. With a streak of consecutive losses and the lack of offense, the situation is red hot when you consider that the way things are going it is suddenly pure aimless role. The cowboy locker room must be fractured under the pressure of not being able to compete, to the extent that the game for division between Comandantes and Águilas was what is sought in the rough sport of tackling, competed and played at a high level of execution. The spectacle surrounding the Cowboys has not been the same. The mirror does not lie and only the players have the final say as to whether they are going to go out to AT&T Stadium with all the weight in the world against a seasoned and prepared DeMeco Ryans team, taking out what is left of their caste. Here self-pride weighs.
Key 2. It’s another game. On the other side of the coin is that sport, as such, should be fun and an opportunity to put into practice all the preparation, training, conditioning and strategy that has been given to you. What happened last week was thoroughly reviewed, countless reports and analyzes were prepared, now after a week of preparation it is time to put everything from paper to reality. Typical week in the NFL. With secondary elements in various positions, people like Cooper Rush will continue to take water from the boat with their own bucket, but there will be a time when adding variants like Trey Lance begins to be an option. It does not seem at this point that that would be the case and in particular against the Houston Texans in a Monday night game, where suddenly it is no longer about thinking about January, but about finding a way to survive matchday eleven.
Key 3. Be careful with distractions. At the end of the day these players are not robots, they are humans, and while the Texans have a postseason feel under their belt, the Cowboys have to find their own reason to compete, knowing that mathematically they are still alive. It all starts from the initial toss, if it is won, do we want the ball? And if we want it, are we ready to shoot out of a cannon? Throughout the season the Cowboys have had tenuous and lackluster beginnings, and it is time to come out not only determined in words, but determined in the executions with which the game opens. The goals of running the ball and being able to stretch the field remain the same, but in this case there has to be a mystique that accompanies the Cowboys on this coming Monday night, that the bounce of the ball favors them. On paper the Texans are superior, and for the hosts not blinking is part of taking advantage of any good luck, no matter how unexpected.
Key 4. Injuries count. For Brian Schottenheimer, seeing the gaps that the hits have created between the visitors’ defense is an incentive, no matter how crazy it may be to say it, for his very poor offense to be able to defend its pride. Questionable starters for Houston’s 4-3, Will Anderson LDE, Folorunso Fatukasi, RDT, Asees Al-Shaair, WLB, Jake Hansen MLB, Derek Stingley Jr. LCB, and Kamari Lassiter RCB, something that Cooper Rush could exploit if he Rico Dowdle can establish some presence early. Dalvin Cook can’t even see the lights anymore, with the notion of having thought, “well, in the best of cases……” it simply didn’t happen. Now it seems to be Ezekiel Elliott, Deuce Vaughn and Hunter Luepke, who in my opinion should give much more strength to the güero who, with every opportunity he has been given, has more than responded. The truth is that the Cowboys have to take advantage of any opportunity.
Key 5. Another show in Arlington. The Cowboys remain winless at home this season, after going undefeated in 2023-24. Since that sad night with that tree against those Green Bay Packers, the Saints, Magpies, Lions and Eagles have been the victors, and this further aggravates the team’s current situation. Imagine that Zack Martin himself, a Hall of Fame candidate in Canton, Ohio, could retire after his illustrious career in his only team’s present situation. But that’s how it is, the fans pay their ticket to see the show, and it is the gladiators who speak in order to be accountable. The detail for the residents of AT&T Stadium, these NFL shows could begin to thresh if one of those participants does not raise their hand to ring the bell.
