Troy Nehls (R-TX) 👋

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Will #AmericasTeam play as DESPERATELY and DETERMINED as the #KansasCityChiefs? Will the #DallasCowboys CONTINUE TO BUILD upon the second leg of their TOUR DE TRAUMA (PHI, KC, @ DET) to trigger all the HATERS into even more DISBELIEF? #WeShallSeeWeAlwaysDo #HappyThanksgiving2025

The last time Dallas played KC, they KNEW what to do, but #KellenMoore's offense largely withdrew. "2021-2022 Regular Season: Cowboys’ Offense Scared And Unprepared In KC With Las Vegas Latest From The AFC West Aiming To Turn Dallas Into A Turkey" - emscharf.com/blogs/ttcf/t...

"Don't mean to be rude, but IT'S THANKSGIVING, my dude! Got all that stress OUTTA' YOUR SYSTEM?" you joyously inquire (perhaps overlooking how Dallas MAY become the next BBQ victim for a visiting KC squad that has ZERO DESIRE in seeing its POSTSEASON PARTICIPATION streak expire).

#MattEberflus' defense - that now relies SO DESPERATELY on a REBORN D-LINE (that ONLY SUCCEEDS with the no-rest essence of #QuinnenWilliams and #KennyClark to KEEP CONTAINMENT and PRESSURE IN LINE) - must STILL be paired with an offense that (more often, PLEASE) NEVER RELENTS.

YEAH, Yeah, yeah, "what about" the Rams' #GreatestShowOnTurf (w/ #IsaacBruce, #TorryHolt, #AzZahirHakim, and #RickyProehl) or the Vikings' #ThreeDeep (w/ #CrisCarter, #RandyMoss, and #JakeReed). THE POINT? "[SCORE] what you can when you can," before defenses catch onto your plan.

#IfOnly Dallas' OFF was as pre-cap DEEP AND LETHAL as #JackPardee's #RunAndShoot (w/ #ErnestGivens, #HaywoodJeffires, and #DrewHill), there would be less concern over SLOW STARTS and an inability to AGGRESSIVELY SCOOT. Ferguson, Turpin, and Flournoy offer "inconsistent" backfill.

No, the PRODUCTIVE PRESENCE of #JavonteWilliams to grant, YES, GRANT #DakPrescott MAXIMUM TRACTION through PLAY-ACTION is NOT ENOUGH for opposing defenses to not routinely CALL THE COWBOYS' BLUFF . . . without WR1 and WR2 BOTH displaying STERNER STUFF.

"WHY pile on with the #CeeDeeSAVAGING?" you sympathetically ask (yet knowing he MUST maintain a HIGHER AVERAGING). The VERY BEST WAY for #BrianSchottenheimer, #DakPrescott, and the #DallasCowboys offense to SUCCEED is if CeeDee AND #GeorgePickens make defenses ROUTINELY BLEED.

"MOST of the usual suspects?" you TEASE (as ONE particular offensive weapon, outside of a FABULOUS 48-YARD FETCH, seemed too busy scratchin' MENTAL FLEAS and causing fans to retch). #CeeDeeLamb RELIVING a WEEK 1 focus jam? Negative celebrity for dipping into #DezDrop territory?

After that somewhat self-inflicted 1st half REAMING, Dallas initially, increasingly, ultimately demonstrated (with the last laugh of the 2nd half) how Philly was DREAMIN'. #BrandonAubrey STEPPED in to finish off a victory 24-21 (with "most" of #TheUsualSuspects gettin' it done).

"Change is STRANGE?" you inquire (like a dog so sadly used to the MANGE it never imagined it would acquire). While the #DallasCowboys of "the past THREE DECADES" have diabolically dominated the market on DISAPPOINTMENT, they have, of course, mixed in some occasional #InTheMoment.

THAT 1st half (until that ONE late #DakToPickens score) left #CowboysNation feeling like ANOTHER A-Rod-led Packers squad had greedily returned to claim a BIG 1st half lead, followed by a late 2nd half bleed, before DEFYING DALLAS ONCE MORE and SLAMMING THE DOOR. #ChangeIsStrange.