They are more common in the NFL than anyone cares to admit. You have to win some games that you are not supposed to. This is true because, another thing we try to avoid in reality, you will inevitably lose some games that you should win.
No one is going to act like the Super Bowl was won on an early October night in Pittsburgh. This is especially the case when you are fighting a shadow the size of your worldwide brand the way that the Dallas Cowboys are.
Ultimately the Cowboys won on Sunday night and did so against a Pittsburgh Steelers team that refused to take advantage of the opportunities they were being given. Consider that Dallas, thanks to Dak Prescott, turned the ball over three total times. In the Mike McCarthy era it was only the fourth time that they have done so and gone home as the winners.
As we always do we have put together some thoughts about it all now that we have had a day to reflect on it (with not much sleep given the delay nonsense).
As noted, these wins are massive. They are difference-makers. Quite literally, they turn a 10-7 season into an 11-6 one. You have to find a way to grind these out.
Being capable of doing this is the mark of a great team. This isn’t to say that the Cowboys are a great team, but if they want any chance of being regarded as one when we have fallen back and are wearing hoodies on a regular basis, then they have to stack together wins like this.
What’s more is that things have obviously been rather bad for Dallas on the injury front. Consider that Micah Parsons, DeMarcus Lawrence, DaRon Bland and Brandin Cooks were all absent from this game. Toss in Caelen Carson if you’d like. Recall then that Marshawn Kneeland left early and that Tyler Guyton also exited before tension fully rose. Finally, remember how little the front office did to the roster (the one we just acknowledged the several weaknesses to) over the course of the offseason. It was a tough scene to say the least.
Yet somehow, some way, the Cowboys won. What’s more is that they won on a night when their quarterback was probably rather upset with the way he played individually for all but the game’s most critical moments. I’ve seen many equate it, in general spirit, to the infamous win against the Buffalo Bills in 2007 when we were far less jaded than we are these days. You don’t need a reminder that the 2007 squad won 13 games and a big reason for that was stacking together the ones that they were not supposed to have.
This was a massive deal and a huge piece of evidence that the Cowboys can say enough is enough and go out and get a win. We did not know if they had that in them. Clearly, they do.
Prior to Sunday night you did not need to look far to find disparaging information or statistics about the defense. It is or was not hyperbolic to call them one of the worst defenses in the NFL.
A lot of this could have been (and was) diluted down to effort. Dallas was among the worst tackling teams in the NFL through the first four weeks of the season which suggested that they were fine watching opposing players run past them into the arms of congratulations while they were left feeling sorry for themselves. Enter Mike Zimmer.
Let the record show that I remain skeptical of this overall hire and situation, but you cannot deny that Zim had the ‘boys ready to rock in Pittsburgh. Was there a single missed tackle? If so it was inconsequential. And even if the Cowboys did have an oopsie or two we can be forgiving enough of that given the number of toys that Mike Zimmer did not have to play with that he was originally promised.
It was a masterclass at making lemonade with the proverbial lemons.
The Cowboys have a winning streak going for the first time this season, but if we are honest with ourselves it is unlikely to grow as they have a date with the Detroit Lions on Sunday afternoon. Consider that the Cowboys are home underdogs to Detroit as far as opening odds are concerned.
While the Cowboys are undefeated on the road this year, they are looking for their first win in their building since they beat these very Lions in the penultimate game of the regular season last year. Anything is possible and “any given Sunday” and all of that jazz, but it would not be shocking for Dallas to lose.
This is why getting this win, stealing it to our earlier point, was so critical. With the bye (a very necessary one) following the Lions game the Cowboys are assured of entering it with at worst a .500 record. The San Francisco 49ers will wait for Dallas coming out of that which as we know is a test among tests for this group, but all of that and what lies beyond it would look and feel and honestly be a lot more treacherous if the Cowboys came out of their off week with a 2-4 record.
Five men were arrested this month in connection to a $1 million cargo theft operation where tires, rims, more than $32,000, appliances and other merchandise was recovered, Dallas police said.
The five men, who were arrested Nov. 1, are accused of taking part in at least 10 cargo thefts across the Dallas-Fort Worth area that date back to 2022, Dallas police said in a news release this week.
Officers discovered the theft ring after being alerted Nov. 1 of a stolen trailer being pulled by a semi-truck into a repair shop in the 5200 block of University Hills Boulevard, police said.
Officers confirmed the trailer was the one reported stolen by the Benbrook Police Department, then detained the semi-truck driver and two other suspects, police said.
While speaking with the suspects, it was determined that the repair shop owner and manager, who were both there, were also involved in the theft operation, police said.
Further investigation revealed that the repair shop was being used to store stolen cargo, police said. Under a search warrant, police said they seized $32,553 and recovered approximately $1 million in stolen items, including:
Dallas police recovered tires, rims, $32,000, appliances, motor oil and other merchandise during a cargo theft operation bust, where five men were arrested at a repair shop in the 5200 block of University Hills Boulevard on November 1, 2025.
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The five men arrested all face felony charges, according to police.
Johnny Veail, 39, faces an unauthorized use of a motor vehicle charge.
Abdullah Majeed, 39, Mohammad Husainy, 37, and Anthony Walker, 54, all face a theft of property greater than or equal to $300,000 charge.
Justin Kenney, 37, faces a theft of property greater than or equal to $300,000 and a Benbrook Police Department warrant hold for theft of property less than $150,000.
DALLAS — The shorthanded Portland Trail Blazers will play without another key player Sunday night. And it involves another point guard.
Starter Jrue Holiday has been ruled out against the Dallas Mavericks with right calf soreness, leaving the Blazers (6-6) without its top three point guards heading into the final game of a five-game trip.
Holiday was not listed on the team’s initial injury report, but the 6-foot-4 veteran awoke Sunday morning with a balky calf and the Blazers labeled him questionable Sunday afternoon. He tested it out during a pregame warmup at American Airlines Center and was later ruled out.
Multiple Blazers players were unaware of Holiday’s injury until about an hour and 15 minutes before tipoff, when news started spreading through the locker room that he would be sidelined.
Portland interim coach Tiago Splitter, who held a pregame interview with reporters before learning that Holiday had been ruled out, said he likely would start Jerami Grant in Holiday’s place. That would leave the Blazers without a true point guard in the lineup, forcing Deni Avdija and Shaedon Sharpe to assume primary ball-handling responsibilities.
Holiday, who is averaging 16.7 points, 8.3 assists, 5.3 rebounds and 1.6 steals per game, leads the Blazers in assists this season.
The Blazers are already playing without a pair of point guards — Scoot Henderson and Blake Wesley — who have played a combined six games this season. Henderson has been sidelined all season with a left hamstring injury, and Wesley has missed the last six games with a fracture in his right foot.
Holiday’s injury was harsh pregame news for a team that has stumbled to losses in four of its last six games, including three of four on its early-November trip to Miami, Orlando, New Orleans and Houston. The Blazers are coming off their most lopsided defeat of the season, a 140-116 loss at Houston on Friday night that prompted a players-only meeting afterward.
“Next man up is part of the NBA,” Splitter said, when asked about Holiday’s injury. “Everybody has got to be ready.”
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Dallas Trinity FC snapped its four-game losing streak with a 2-0 win on the road against Spokane Zephyr FC.
Prosper’s teenage phenom Sealey Strawn opened the scoring in the 29th minute, heading home Samar Guidry’s cross from the right wing.
Spokane had more of the possession (56.5%) and outshot Dallas 17 to eight. Despite that, Trinity made the most of its opportunities and converted both of its shots on target while goalkeeper Rylee Foster kept a clean sheet on the other end.
“We knew that they were going to put some pressure on us, so we were going to have to be really focused” head coach and general manager Chris Petrucelli said. “We’ve had some self-inflicted wounds here in the past few games. The whole thing was about just trying to stay focused and not give up a goal or make a mistake that leads to a goal.”
Rhea Moore became the second teenage goalscorer on the night with a score in second half stoppage time to seal the game for Dallas. Moore received a pass from Tamara Bolt just outside the box and dribbled into it, opening space to shoot and drilling a right footed shot into the near post from just beyond the penalty spot.
Trinity snapped out of a long funk with the win, picking up their first points since Sept. 20 and their first victory since Sept. 6. Things were especially dire for Dallas during the recent losing streak when the team was outscored 13-3.
Despite the difficult stretch, the win places Dallas just one point outside the playoffs with multiple games in hand. Trinity return to action when they host DC Power FC on Dec. 6 at the Cotton Bowl.
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