Blocking out the noise regarding the 11-1 Dallas Cowboys

Despite owning the best record in the NFL, the Dallas Cowboys are surrounded with negativity from national media types as well as fans on social media.

Am I the only person who is shocked by the negativity surrounding the 11-1 Dallas Cowboys?

It could very well be just a sign of the times but it’s a very odd phenomenon.

The negativity of which I speak is certainly not coming from the locker room.  No, this team is as tight-knit as you will ever find.  These players truly have each others’ backs even when being provoked to take the bait from the media.

Arguably the best quarterback to ever play for this franchise “took one for the team,” putting himself to the side for the betterment of the squad.

The head coach is routinely taking questions every week about players who will never wear the Star again, while constantly dealing with a larger than life owner/general manager.

Nope, there is nothing negative to report within the walls of the Dallas Cowboys.  That’s refreshing because everywhere else, there is plenty of it.

Tune your television to ESPN and you can have the constant displeasure of Stephen A. Smith loudly proclaiming idiotic statements like these:

Never mind the fact that the Cowboys beat Washington twice already.  Forget that inconvenient truth about Seattle losing two games to teams with losing records and tying another.  Let’s not discuss that Atlanta has a worse defense than Dallas.  Oh, and the Giants?  They’ve played almost the same exact schedule and are two games worse than Dallas.

Maybe you prefer the Fox Sports, where you can read gems like this from Dieter Kurtenbach.  Apparently, the Vikings exposed the secret to beating the Cowboys, even though, you know, they didn’t actually do it themselves.

If the only team that ranks in the top three in total yards allowed, passing yards allowed and points per game allowed couldn’t beat Dallas, who can replicate that magic formula?

And if you get bored with “outsiders” being overly critical of the only team with double-digit wins in the league, take to Twitter and follow some “fans.”

Seemingly, being 11-1 is not good enough for a lot of people.  Many who claim to back the Boys can’t wait to tell you how terrible the Dallas defense is.

Revel in the shock and awe at the level of stupidity that is out there on social media by following any of the top Cowboys insiders like Mike Fisher, Todd Archer or David Helman.

The Cowboys don’t get after the opposing quarterback enough.  They don’t create enough turnovers.  Defensive coordinator Rod Marinelli has horrible schemes.  This team isn’t winning by enough points.  Etcetera, etcetera, etc.

Apparently, people like to forget that this team just played three games in 12 days and won all three.  That, in of itself, is an amazing accomplishment.  The margin of victory doth not matter.

By the way, the Dallas Cowboys are 20th in sacks and tied for 23rd in takeaways going into Week 13.  Both of those would put them above the New England Patriots in those categories, but you don’t hear anyone trashing their defense, now do you?

Those horrible schemes people question are the same ones that have the Cowboys in the top five in rushing yards allowed and points per game allowed.  This is being done while missing Morris Claiborne, Barry Church, Orlando Scandrick and J.J. Wilcox at different times over the past five weeks.

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Since we clearly live in an age where everyone can’t wait to unleash their hot take, I’ll take my turn now.

Shut up, look at the scoreboard for the last three months. And if you’d like a piece of this team, we’ll see you in January.