Cowboys’ 3-game win streak was a mirage

The season hung precariously in the balance.

Dallas was three games behind the Eagles for the division lead. They were well out of the wildcard hunt too.

Then it all changed.

The Streak Revives Dallas

The Cowboys rolled to a 33-16 win over the Raiders in Vegas. Then they pulled out back-to-back home wins over the two defending conference champions.

Erasing a 21-point deficit, Dallas clipped the Eagles’ wings, 24-21.

Then they held off the Kansas City Chiefs 31-28 on Thanksgiving Day.

Suddenly, for the first time all year, the Cowboys were above .500 with a 6-5-1 record. More importantly, they only trailed Philadelphia by 1.5 games.

And they were very much in the hunt for a wildcard spot too.

At that moment, as the game ended on Thanksgiving Day, we all started to believe again.

It turns out we were all fooled. Once again, we’d all gotten drunk on the Jerry Jones Fool-Aid punch.

Then we all got slapped back to reality.

The Mirage Revealed

A trip to Detroit was all that was needed to expose the man behind the curtain ginning up another round of Fool-Aid.

The Lions laid waste to the Cowboys, 44-30, in Michigan. On Sunday night, the Vikings feasted on what was left of the carcass that returned to AT&T Stadium following the loss in Detroit.

Over the two losses, George Pickens has all but vanished except for being shown on TV pouting on the bench.

After an incredible start, Pickens has eight catches for 70 yards and no touchdowns over the last two games.

He was looking for a huge contract after this season. He’s playing the dollars right off of that next deal of his.

Since joining the Cowboys, Williams has 1.5 sacks – both coming in his first game out in Las Vegas – and 16 tackles in five games.

He did have an interception on Sunday, off a double-tipped pass, and only two of his tackles have been for a loss.

In his five games, Wilson has 12 tackles. And that is his entire stat line right there.

After five games, it is crystal clear.

The Williams and Wilson trades did not upgrade the Cowboys that much for 2025. The trade for Pickens, and the Steelers’ 2027 sixth round pick, cost Dallas their 2026 third round and 2027 fifth round picks.

It began as looking like a steal for the Cowboys earlier this year.

Now it looks like it will be one of the costliest errors Jerry Jones has ever made.

Which leads me to a final point.

It Will Never Change

This is the Jerry Jones Method.

Make some splashy moves that look good on paper. Then hope the fanbase doesn’t notice how mad they are on the field.

It’s why it has now been 30 NFL seasons since Dallas has played in the NFC Championship game and the Super Bowl.

Until Jones and his entire clan have been severed from the Dallas Cowboys, there can be only one undeniable truth:

It will never change.

Next year, and for every year the Jones clan controls the organization, we need to ignore the mirage and stop drinking the Fool-Aid.