DALLAS PULLS ONE OUT

Stephen V. Cole writes:

On Monday Night Football, 8 October, the Dallas Cowboys had a bad night, but still pulled the game out, winning by a field goal in the last two seconds. The quarterback, perhaps looking ahead to next week's game with New England, had five interceptions and a fumble, and nearly lost to a third-rate Buffalo team. Dallas has now reached 5-0, reminding me of the old Dallas Cowboys of the past, when superbowl games were the norm.

The victory was a tribute to TEAMWORK, and the Dallas Quarterback correctly and passionately gave credit to his team for covering up his mistakes. It would have been so easy for members of the Dallas Cowboys to have said "Well, after that idiot threw that many interceptions, we might as well quit trying and just sleep through the rest of the game." But they did not. They kept playing a solid game, held Buffalo within reach, and delivered when the time was "do or die". The rookie field goal kicker put a super-long shot through the uprights (twice, due to that goofy "call time out as the ball is snapped" nonsense) and the game was won.

When any member of the team is having a bad day, it means that the rest of the team needs to do better, not give up.