Cowboys have strong history of avoiding 0

The Dallas Cowboys lost their first game of the season last week. Obviously that was less than ideal.

Once upon a time a narrative used to circle around teams who dropped their first game of the season. “You have to avoid an 0-2 start” was said by every analyst on every network as history showed that falling to 0-2 was a kiss of death as far as the playoffs were concerned.

These conversations always had a “but” attached to them that involved the Cowboys. You see, the 1993 version of the team was the first one to ever begin a season 0-2 (this was when Emmitt Smith held out while waiting on a new deal) to go on to win the Super Bowl. The 2007 New York Giants became the second, and that campaign also involved the Cowboys. We can avoid that conversation, though.

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