Our Seahawks just handed the Dallas Cowboys a 17-7 defeat, a tough pill for any team to swallow early in the season, but for Dallas, it hits different. Just before this game, franchise legend Troy Aikman ripped into his old team, saying it’s still incredible that they haven’t even *been* to an NFC Championship Game, let alone a Super Bowl, since he won his third ring with them back after the 1995 season. Talk about a brutal one-two punch for the Cowboys faithful.
The Ghost of 1995 Haunts Dallas
Can you even imagine? Aikman himself, the guy who led them to those glory days, never thought that 1995 Super Bowl win would be their last. He told Dale Hansen in an interview, “I didn’t think it was the last one that I’d be a part of. I thought we would certainly win another one. I thought I would.” That’s a Hall of Famer looking back and shaking his head. It’s “hard to fathom” for him, he said, that a team with their history hasn’t even sniffed the NFC Championship Game in nearly three decades. We’re talking *thirty years* here, folks. That’s a whole generation of fans who have never seen their team play for the right to go to the Super Bowl.
An Unacceptable Reality For a “Flagship Franchise”
Aikman pulls no punches, calling this drought “unacceptable.” He’s right, too! He points out that we “talk every year about parity,” and we’ve “seen teams go from last to first,” even teams that haven’t been “historically very good” still making deep runs. Yet, “for the Cowboys that hasn’t happened.” It really is “hard to put your finger on exactly why,” he admits. But his conviction is clear: “Cowboys fans deserve better.” He even called them the “flagship franchise,” which just makes this multi-decade disappearing act from the biggest stages even more perplexing. And to rub salt in that wound, our Seahawks rolled into town and put up 17 points to their measly 7. You know that loss just adds another chapter to the story of why it’s “hard to fathom” for Dallas right now.
What’s next for Dallas after this tough early season loss to our Hawks, all while their own legend is calling them out? More questions than answers, that’s for sure. For our Seahawks, though, it’s a statement win that kicks off the season with some serious energy. We’re showing everyone that we come to play, no matter who’s on the other side.
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Originally reported by Pro Football Talk.
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