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Watch: Colin Cowherd compares Cowboys to Adam Sandler movie

By Zac Wassink | Last updated Dec 12, 2022 7:03 PM ET

Fox Sports personality and radio host Colin Cowherd clearly wasn't impressed by the Dallas Cowboys' comeback win over the Houston Texans on Sunday.

"I don’t go high and low on the Cowboys," Cowherd explained during Monday's edition of "The Herd with Colin Cowherd," as shared by Brandon Contes of Awful Announcing. "They’re an Adam Sandler film. I kinda know what I’m getting. It’s not gonna win an Oscar. Some are better than others. Sometimes you’re like, ' Uncut Gems, that was pretty good!' And other times you’re watching and eight minutes in you’re like, 'they don’t have a storyline'…I don’t get high, I don’t get low."

The Cowboys are an Adam Sandler movie:

"I kind of know what I'm getting. It's not going to win an Oscar. Some are better than others." — @ColinCowherd pic.twitter.com/5KsJuGlxR6
— Herd w/Colin Cowherd (@TheHerd) December 12, 2022

Opinions on Sandler and/or his movies aside, Cowherd's point is valid considering what he and football fans around the country witnessed this past weekend. A Dallas team that entered Sunday's game as a 17-point favorite needed a late 98-yard drive capped off by an Ezekiel Elliott rushing touchdown notched with under a minute to play to beat a Texans side that fell to 1-11-1 on the season.

Meanwhile, 10-3 Dallas trails only the 12-1 Philadelphia Eagles in the NFC East standings. The Cowboys will next play at the 5-8 Jacksonville Jaguars this coming Sunday.

As for the film "Uncut Gems," which featured Sandler, Paul Chi of Vanity Fair noted that the film was snubbed as it pertains to Oscar nominations. However, Chi also mentioned that Sandler was named best male lead at the 2020 Film Independent Spirit Awards.

The Cowboys likely will accept being somewhat disrespected by Cowherd as long as they hoist a rather significant trophy in February 2023.

Zac Wassink

Zac Wassink is a longtime sports news writer and PFWA member who began his career in 2006 and has had his work featured on Yardbarker, MSN, Yahoo Sports and Bleacher Report. He is also a football and futbol aficionado who is probably yelling about Tottenham Hotspur at the moment and who chanted for Matt Harvey to start the ninth inning of Game 5 of the 2015 World Series at Citi Field. You can find him on X at @ZacWassink

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