No escaping injury mojo, Cowboys playoff chances beyond dusty, among Week 14 lessons learned

The Dallas Cowboys deserve credit for one thing, they are elite at finding new ways to lose. In Week 14, the defeat came in heartbreaking fashionm falling to the Bengals 27-20 in a game defined by one supremely boneheaded play from a team used to making smaller boneheaded mistakes.

To be surprised by how Mike McCarthy’s team lost would mean you haven’t learned anything about these Cowboys. We’ve learned that it’s been the kind of year where anything that can go wrong, will go wrong, including snatching defeat from the jaws of victory. Welcome to the 2024 Cowboys.

This team isn’t good enough to make errors and still win games. That’s been proven time and time again in 2024. It’s a lesson that doesn’t need reinforcing, yet here they are again. Here’s what else we learned about the Cowboys in the Week 14 loss to Cincinnati.