The Philadelphia Eagles have just put the finishing touches on an absolute beatdown of the Green Bay Packers to kick off the NFC's half of Wild Card Weekend.
But if you thought that fans on social media couldn't find a way to make fun of the Dallas Cowboys over a game that had nothing to do with them, you don't know the folks over at X.com (formerly Twitter).
Last year the Dallas Cowboys were the No. 2 seed in the NFC during the NFL playoffs, and were promptly shellacked by the Packers in their first year with Jordan Love as their starting quarterback. In doing so they became the first and (thus far) only No. 2 seed to lose to the No. 7 seed since the playoffs expanded to seven teams per conference.
Unfortunately for the Cowboys, NFL insider Ed Werder had some numbers that only twist the knife where fans are concerned. Taking to X, he noted that Dallas' loss to Green Bay last year came in spite of the Cowboys being undefeated at home with a +172 point differential at AT&T Stadium.
"The No. 7 seeds will be 1-9 when the Packers are eliminated. The only loser was Dallas last season after being only NFL team undefeated at home with a +172 point differential," Werder wrote on X.
As you might expect, fans on social media found that stat to be pretty damning - especially amid the reports that the team is set to extend head coach Mike McCarthy this summer following a 7-10 season.
"This is bad…right!?" one user joked.
"The gift that keeps on giving," another lamented.
"again, the echoes still rage.... of that humiliating defeat," a third admitted.
If the Cowboys are intent on keeping McCarthy for another year or more, they must be going into the 2025 season on the assumption that the injuries are the only thing that stopped them from reaching the playoffs this past year.
But the Cowboys don't have a ton to work with in the upcoming offseason either. They're currently in the red in terms of cap space and have a bunch of key players that they need to either extend or cut.
They're going to need more than good luck to reach the playoffs next season.
