Cowboys fumble control of playoff fate in OT loss to Jaguars

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The Dallas Cowboys' season did not end with Sunday's 40-34 overtime loss to the Jacksonville Jags, but it did take a turn they could not afford heading into the Christmas Eve clash with the Philadelphia Eagles.

The Cowboys All-Pro right guard talked about short memories. A short one is what you need. We have a very good football team coming in next week. We talked about it after the game and then we flew to Philadelphia.

If the Washington Commanders lose to the New York Giants on Sunday night, the Cowboys can still make the playoffs for the second year in a row.

Since the 13-1 Eagles will have to lose their last three games to win the division, the chances of winning it are much harder.

The quarterback said that this was about momentum heading into the playoffs. "Sure, we lost, but there was a lot of good in this game too, so it's about just continuing to push forward and understanding the men that we have in this locker room and understanding what we've done up to this point."

"Eliminating the bad, building on the good, and creating momentum heading into the playoffs is what I recommend."

The Cowboys will play three games in 12 days over the next three weeks. After opening with an overtime loss to the Green Bay Packers, they went on to win the Vikings and Giants.

The Cowboys play at the TennesseeTitans on December 29th after playing the Eagles on Saturday.

In the same breath, we have a crazy schedule here. McCarthy said that it was not crazy but different. We're going to take a look at it on the buses and plane, and then we have to turn the page.

There are a lot of things that need to be fixed when you lose for the first time with a big lead.

In overtime, the safety returned the first pick off of the game for a touchdown. This season, he has 11 picks up. He had 10 picks on 596 passes. Over the course of the season, his 11 picks have come on 281 pass attempts.

Every loss is taken on the chin. I think it's my job as the quarterback to put us in positions to win and eliminate the mistakes in order to allow them to score after turnovers," he said. That is what makes it frustrating. Whatever it is, they all suck. I need to do a better job at the end of the day.

The Cowboys' defense gave up a season-high 34 points, recorded just one sack, and lost one of their best players to a neck injury in the first quarter. Robert Jones was a member of the Cowboys' Super Bowl team of the 1990s.

I'm not going to excuse myself. I just say that we need to get better There is no excuse. Fix up our eff ups and go from there.

Next week it begins against the Eagles.

Lawrence said that they understand what type of pressure they put themselves in and that they will learn from it. There are three more games to be played. We need to win all of them.