Dallas Cowboys refusal to change has doomed their season

After suffering yet another loss, the Dallas Cowboys have committed to stay the course. And it’s that refusal to make changes that has doomed their season.

In Week 12, the Dallas Cowboys traveled north to Foxborough to suffer a predictable loss to the defending Super Bowl champion New England Patriots. Following the 13-9 defeat, Cowboys owner and general manager Jerry Jones went on a media rampage in an apparent attempt to inspire the team moving forward.

Four days later and the Cowboys would put up a flat performance against the Buffalo Bills in front of a massive holiday audience on Thanksgiving, losing 26-15 at home.

Following the contest, a screaming voice could be heard coming out of the Cowboys’ locker room. That voice was later identified as defensive end Michael Bennett. A Super Bowl winner himself with the Seattle Seahawks in 2013, the 34-year old was only traded to the team five games ago. He would seem to be an unlikely candidate to give a fiery locker room speech.

Here’s part of what the Cowboys newest arrival attempted to get across to his new teammates about the opportunity they have before them according to the Dallas Morning News …

"“The enemy against greatness is the unwillingness to change. We’ve got to be able to change some of the things that we’ve been doing to demand more from ourselves and become the people we want to be.”"

Although Bennett has only been with the Cowboys a few weeks, he’s already diagnosed the biggest issue in Dallas. The team refuses to change. Yet, after their Thanksgiving loss, that narrative continues. And that has doomed their season.

Following the defeat at the hands of the Bills, Jerry Jones told the media that there will not be a head coaching change. According to NFL Network Insider Ian Rapoport, that extends to the coaching staff as well.

After missing two field-goal attempts against the Bills on Thursday, which makes nine misses on the season, the Cowboys figured to be holding tryouts soon in search of a replacement for second-year kicker Brett Maher. Instead, Dallas continues to support Maher and says they will not make a change at his position.

During an interview with 105.3 The Fan, Cowboys executive vice president Stephen Jones referenced last year’s struggles starting the season 3-5 and then turning things around. The junior Jones believes the team can do the same now, in the month of December.

But there is a flaw in that logic. It was the midseason trade for Pro Bowl wide receiver Amari Cooper that sparked that turnaround last year, allowing the Cowboys to win seven of their final eight games. Dallas also fired offensive line coach Paul Alexander during their bye week and promoted Marc Colombo in his place.

The catalyst for last year’s turnaround was change. Yet, the current Cowboys’ regime is looking to duplicate those results without making any changes. The team has decided to keep their head coach, keep their coaching staff, keep their kicker and hope they can turn their season around like they did in 2018.

The enemy against greatness is the unwillingness to change. The 2019 Dallas Cowboys refuse to change. They have yet to defeat a single opponent with a winning record. Yet, they still believe they can win a Super Bowl keeping the status quo. A refusal to change is the ultimate reason the Cowboys season is doomed.