2022/23 NFC Wildcard Game against the Bucs, Brett Maher miss four straight extra points, an NFL record.

Winning this game handily helped this get largely forgotten. If this had happened in a loss or close Playoff game, I couldn’t even imagine what would’ve happened.

This is one of the rare Cowboys playoff blunders that doesn’t make me sick to my stomach looking back it. I look back at it and just think of how ridiculous it’s always been 😂.

Something that would only happen to the Cowboys.

“I’m gonna keep that to myself.”

What was his message to his teammates in Dallas' defensive players only meeting on Monday?

“I’m gonna keep that to myself also.”

Does he believe players only meetings help?

“I believe they do.”

In what ways?

“I’m gonna keep that to myself.”

Joseph Hoyt:

Cowboys DT Quinnen Williams elected to not answer a lot of questions today, saying that he wanted to keep some answers to himself, as Tommy Yarrish shows here.

Williams was also asked, as a leader, how much responsibility he takes for the defense.

“I take full personal responsibility. I looked in the mirror for myself. I know I need to play better. I need to do better. I take full accountability and full responsibility for the way this defense is going at the moment.”

The Cowboys had three consecutive 12-win seasons entering that game. They are 16-22-1 since.

less than half the rate of any of the other 31 players with at least 50 coverage snaps from such alignment.

(via NFL Pro)

Entering the meeting: 367-408-3 (47.4%)

Rest of the season: 543-569-2 (48.8%)

The win-loss record barely changed.

But what about performance compared to expectations?

Before the meeting: 324-435-19 against the spread (42.7%)

Rest of season: 561-526-27 against the spread (51.6%)

The biggest jump comes in the first game immediately afterward. Teams have gone 73-43-2 against the spread in that game (62.9%).

Everybody gets on the same page. For about a week.

"You don’t have to explain yourself to this group. The trust, blood, sweat and tears. We’re the ones who sacrifice and do it together. We don’t need your explanation. We all believe in you. We watch the way you practice and prepare, forget about it. Let’s move on.”

Man I really hope they aren’t moving our best off ball linebacker to a spot where he will be mediocre at. If he’s at edge and good then I’m for it but I hope this isn’t the big move they were talking about

I want to have hope, but unfortunately we are cursed against them, and while the Packers aren't great, they're not a bad team. If we fall to 2-4, it's going to be really hard to be optimistic about the rest of the season.

Undoubtedly Cowboys made a big gamble when they selected Guyton with a late first round pick, and directly moved him to LT.

His college experience was almost entirely on RT. So Guyton’s first two years were quite rough, as everyone needs time to learn something unfamiliar.

During this year so far, Guyton makes a big leap. Cowboys seem to have found their franchise LT.

You hear about players only meetings every year. EVERY YEAR. Never have I heard such negative discourse surrounding it.

The typical "haha look at those idiots, that's not gonna work".

Maybe they're right, but where were you before?

I could Google it but id rather talk to you fine people. Do we have the longest active streak of not taking a QB in the first round (37 years). Not complaining about Dak by all means just curious if anyone else has a longer active streak.

Y'all, I'm saying it here for posterity: if we pull a Jets and don't get a single interception this season, I'm gonna lose my mind. Like I might just turn off the TV when we're on defense.

Secondary, time to step up. 0 INTs through 5 games is despicable.

Brb, gonna go cry at the some All-22 😭

My dad found these in a car in a junkyard. Anyone know what they are or where they came from?

“That’s just building my confidence. Because I know as I’m growing, every tackle I play is not gonna be an All-Pro. So if I can beat an All-Pro, I know I can beat anybody.”

Lawrence on Dallas’ defense: “We’re gonna turn it around for sure. We know what we have in this locker room. The offense has great players. The defense has great players as well. We just got to come together, just build our identity and grow on it.”

In the opinion of long-time Steelers coach Mike Tomlin, there’s one clear conclusion to be drawn as to a team that feels compelled to have a players-only meeting. Asked for his thoughts on the topic during a visit to the New Heights podcast with Travis and Jason Kelce, Tomlin kept it short and not sweet.

“I think you’re dead,” Tomlin said.

Tomlin later offered a more specific assessment. “If it did occur, I’d like to not hear about it,” Tomlin said. “The fact that you hear about it is what makes it BS.”

We can’t recall ever hearing about a players-only meeting during Tomlin’s 19 years with the Steelers. Which may be one of the reasons why the Steelers never had a losing season in nearly two decades with Tomlin at the helm.

It’s a manifestation of desperation. And it necessarily tells the world that the players believe the coaches aren’t giving them the answers they need, so they’re searching for answers of their own.