Tonight’s showdown against the Denver Broncos was supposed to be the turning point for the Dallas Cowboys. A statement game, a test of playoff credentials, maybe even a season-saver. Instead, it turned out into a disaster. A 44-24 blowout left the Cowboys sitting at 3–4–1 and hanging onto second place, for now. It was bad all around, and head coach Brian Schottenheimer didn’t hold back afterwards.

The Cowboys were bad on both sides of the ball today. No doubts about it. But what frustrated Brian Schottenheimer the most was the penalties tonight. And he put the locker room on notice. “The discipline has to be better,” the Dallas head coach said.

“I felt like there were four or five pre-snap penalties in the first half that definitely hurt us. You come into a tough place to play like this,

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