... as one of the preseason favorites to come out of the NFC East and represent the conference in the Super Bowl...and become the first team to play a Super Bowl in their home city.

Instead, they started the season flat on their face by losing back-to-back games against Washington and Chicago. Following an upset win over Houston, things went from bad to worse in the blink of an eye.

They dropped five in a row, fell to 1-7 for the season, and pretty much eliminated all hopes they had of making the postseason.

In two of those games (Tennessee and Minnesota), Dallas was tied in the fourth quarter only to let the game slip away. Against New York, they led 10-0 in the first quarter when Tony Romo broke his collarbone, and the Giants roa...

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