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    The Dallas Cowboys decided to open the roof of AT&T Stadium for a game for the first time in more than two years.

    After this, two large pieces of sheet metal fell from the roof. One landed on the field and narrowly missed a number of bystanders, while the other became stuck in the rafters and had to be secured by staff to ensure it did not fall during play.

    The entire sequence represented a microcosm of the Cowboys’ 2024 season.

    Dallas fell to 3-7 after the sheet metal incident. They were crushed 34-10 by the Houston Texans on “Monday Night Football,” fell to 0-5 at home and became the first NFL team ever to trail by at least 20 points in six consecutive home games.

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    Despite this, Cowboys owner Jerry Jones is still trying not to panic. He acknowledged after Monday’s defeat that the organization “did not foresee” the team’s poor performance this season, but that he has seen worse in his 35 years as a team owner.

    “My freshman year we won one game,” Jones told reporters, per ESPN. “One. And so we’ve had difficult seasons? Yes. Yes, I’ve been there. Sure, we have. And we’ve had other difficult years. And this one we didn’t expect on the record. And the As we are now play, we didn’t expect that. But no, this isn’t – you’ve all heard me tell these old stories until you’re sick – but no, you stay in this league long enough, you’ll have times like this.

    Still, the Cowboys entered the 2024 NFL season expecting to compete for a Super Bowl. The team was coming off three straight 12-5 seasons and was hoping it could finally make a deep postseason run under Mike McCarthy.

    Instead, little has gone right for Dallas. The team’s offseason moves – or lack thereof – have come under heavy scrutiny. The Cowboys have fielded the NFL’s worst rushing attack after making Ezekiel Elliott and Dalvin Cook their top running back additions. Meanwhile, the team’s plan to rely on two new offensive linemen as replacements for Tyron Smith and Tyler Biadasz hasn’t gone as smoothly as Dallas had hoped.

    Add to that Dak Prescott’s season-ending hamstring injury in Week 9 and the defense’s major regression following Dan Quinn’s departure, and things look bleak for the Cowboys. Some believe McCarthy, whose contract expires after the season, will not return until 2025.

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    Nevertheless, Jones is adamant about not firing any coaches during the season. On Monday, he came to McCarthy’s defense, as he has often done during Dallas’ 3-7 start to the season.

    “Losing the team stuff, that’s so exaggerated,” Jones said when asked if the players still believe in McCarthy. “These guys are, first of all, natural competitors. Secondly, they are so proud of being professional and disappointed with the way they performed the piece, but that’s not something that a brother or cousin is supposed to do. to give… Everyone is certainly disappointed, but that makes a big difference when you don’t know that you have to put your foot in front of the other person to go.’

    It’s not clear when Jones’ patience will run out, but McCarthy isn’t thinking about that. He also isn’t thinking about treating the season like a lost one and giving players like Trey Lance a chance to develop on the field, results be damned.

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    McCarthy wants to find ways to win Dallas’ final seven games of the 2024 NFL season.

    “This is it, man,” McCarthy said during his post-match press conference. “We have seven defeats. We have to go. With our backs against the wall. We have to fight, claw, scratch. We have to do everything we can to win the next game. That’s where my thoughts go. That’s the way I want to coach.” and that is the expectation. We have to win. We deserve to win. We deserve the chance to win and that’s about deploying the best people. Right now they are young.

    “But we have to do what we have to do to win.”

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