What Exactly ARE the Dallas Cowboys?

What does Taylor Swift and the Dallas Cowboys have in common? We don't know what they are.

Okay, maybe we do know what Taylor Swift is, seeing that she's supposedly now a full-fledged pop star. The Cowboys, however? The jury is still out.

This past Sunday, "America's Team" fell to 6-3 after losing to the best team no one is talking about, the Arizona Cardinals. Albeit, Tony Romo was out with a back injury suffered last week on Monday Night Football, and Brandon Weeden was the starter against Arizona. Speaking about that Monday Night game...

Let's all just take a moment to realize that not only did the Cowboys (who were at the time 6-2 and had the entire country hopping on the Dallas bandwagon) lose to the Redskins 20-17 in overtime. Not only did Tony Romo's surgically repaired back feel the wrath of maybe one of the better defenses no one is talking about. It's not any of that. It's the fact that they lost to a Redskins team led by Colt McCoy.

Daniel. Colt. McCoy. And no, the 'Boys can't look at that night, make like T-Swift and just "Shake It Off". And yes, the haters did begin to "hate, hate, hate, hate, hate."

Okay, okay. I'll get back to the point.

With the exception to a Week 1 loss against the San Francisco 49ers, the Cowboys started off the season better than many predicted. Okay, a lot better. That defense that was supposed to be historically bad? Actually held up pretty well. The offensive line did an amazing job making sure Tony Romo didn't get drilled. DeMarco Murray was, and pretty much still is, having a record-breaking year. People were beginning to believe in them again, and many detractors (me, included) were finally giving credit where credit was due

So if the 'Boys were officially back prior to these last two losses, are we going to see the 'Boys we've all come to know and mock the past few years? Say it with me, everyone: "8 and 8, 8 and 8!"

Maybe these last two weeks were just mere setbacks, and Dallas will go back to surprising us the rest of the way. But best believe that for every person out there who wants to see the Cowboys finally escape the hole of mediocrity, there's a whole bunch of people chanting "8 and 8" under their breaths, hoping for a collapse.

If the latter does happen, Cowboys owner Jerry Jones may have to do a lot more than just "shaking off".

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