Every team has injuries, it’s part of the NFL, good coaches adapt, improvise and overcome. Phillips couldn’t do that.
Yes, but Dallas lost a good deal of these players at once. If you look at the 1992 and 1993 Cowboys, what got Dallas to two super bowl wins? 1) a good line and 2) good running game.
Dallas has not had a consistent running game for ages. It started to develop but it fell apart due to injuries.
Dallas started to put things together on Thanksgiving, but then lost Marion Barber. Had Dallas won in Pittsburgh and at home against the Ravens, Dallas would be going to Arizona Saturday.