EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. – Don't let the obvious end result cloud the means on a glorious uncommonly hot and windless Sunday afternoon here in the Northeast.
Believe me, and you will if you had watched along with reportedly 81,738 folks at MetLife Stadium, the majority figuring the winless Jets were about to gift Aaron Glenn his first NFL head coaching win while thousands of others were hoping against hope the Cowboys would not be their victims.
But let's investigate why, oh, why Cowboys 37, New York Jets 22 – the outcome really not as close as the 15-point difference suggests – might be sending tremors through at least the NFC East.
Like, why are these Cowboys 2-2-1, one loss behind the now 4-1 first place Philadelphia Eagles in the loss column and just that tie shy of the second place 3