So basically, Jerry Jones went out and got some replacement windows when in actuality, the Cowboys required a whole new roof. That’s the deal.
Because when your house is leaking from the ceiling, and your walls are starting to bow from years of foundation cracks, you don’t call a window installer, you call a contractor. But that logic hasn’t exactly reached Jerry’s desk in Frisco.
Quinnen Williams — or “Question” Williams, as he’s quickly become known arrives in Dallas at the wrong hour of the calendar. To borrow an old political phrase, you don’t show up on Election Day when the job needed to be done on Labor Day.
After all, the Cowboys’ next four games are a gauntlet of reality checks. Another Monday night rollout on November 17, followed by the Eagles, Chiefs, and Lions. That’s three teams that either won the Super Bowl or have lived on its doorstep. Philadelphia and Kansas City have combined to lift the Lombardi in three consecutive seasons, while Detroit’s been the NFC’s bridesmaid that no one wants to play.
And the Cowboys? They’re coming off a loss to journeyman Jacoby Brissett.
So here’s the math. For the Quinnen move to matter, Dallas must pull off something close to football fiction. Beat the reigning champs. Conquer Patrick Mahomes on Thanksgiving Day — a quarterback Dak Prescott has never defeated. Then rewrite last fall’s humiliation against the Lions, who hung a 47–9 beating on them and kept the Cowboys out of the end zone entirely. Did I miss anything?
To stay on the “safe side,” they’ll likely need to win six of their final eight to have any shot at backdooring the playoffs.
Sure, Quinnen’s odds of postseason relevance improved slightly the moment he left the Jets, but not by much. Because no matter how loud the stadium windows rattle, Dallas still needs a new roof — and Jerry’s still convinced a fresh coat of paint will hold it together.
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