Clinched But Crushed: Buffalo Bills Pound Playoff-Bound Dallas Cowboys, 31-10

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00:02 The Dallas Cowboys went into Sunday afternoon at Buffalo knowing that they

00:06 had clinched a playoff spot, congratulations.

00:09 And maybe as a result of that, played anything like a playoff team.

00:14 Cowboys lose 31 to 10 to the Buffalo Bills, all kinds of credit to the Bills.

00:18 This is a desperation game for them, had to win it at home in order to try to

00:22 remain in playoff contention in the AFC, and they did all things necessary.

00:27 Meanwhile, the Cowboys, who entered the game with talk about Dak Prescott as

00:32 the MVP, and talk about Mike McCarthy as when we're gonna get an extension.

00:37 And Micah Parsons, defensive player of the year, put all that on hold

00:41 after the Cowboys' maybe worst performance of the season.

00:46 A lot of this game taking place at high mark in the pouring rain, and

00:50 the Cowboys reacted poorly to all of that, offensively and defensively.

00:54 Dak Prescott completes 21 of 34 passes, 134 yards, and an interception.

01:00 His quarterback rating, second lowest mark of the season at 57.7.

01:05 CeeDee Lamb, seven receptions for 53 yards, a rushing touchdown in garbage time.

01:10 I'm not sure the point of it.

01:11 Tony Pollard, 52 yards on 11 carries.

01:14 Josh Allen and the Buffalo Bills did not rack up any big numbers, well,

01:19 except for one guy.

01:21 Josh Allen completed just seven of 15 for 93 yards and a touchdown,

01:27 gets a score on the ground, and then puts on a ball cap, and we're done here.

01:32 The star of the show is James Cook, rushes for 221 yards and two touchdowns.

01:39 Latavious Murray added a rushing touchdown, but James Cook made it look like,

01:44 my gosh, why have the Bills ever thought about we need a running back?

01:48 Why haven't the Bills been a run first team more often?

01:52 And from a Cowboys perspective, uh-oh, we can't stop the run anymore?

01:56 Forget blaming the referees, forget blaming the absence of

02:01 Jonathan Hankins, the nose tackle, forget this idea that so

02:06 many Cowboys had the flu, they simply couldn't, that's not the way this works.

02:11 The Cowboys collectively entered this game flat and exit this game flattened.

02:18 They are still going to the playoffs, but now because they lost,

02:21 the Eagles have also clenched the playoffs.

02:24 Eagles have a leg up in the NFC East, 49ers a leg up in the NFC, and

02:29 it doesn't get any easier for Dallas.

02:30 They come home with their tail between their legs and then go on the road again.

02:34 And by the way, and we've pointed this out a lot, the last two years,

02:38 the Dallas Cowboys, as good as they've been overall, are a mediocre or

02:42 worse road team on Christmas Eve, they're at Miami.

02:48 with the Cowboys, covering the NFL.

02:50 Fish out.