Cowboys defensive end Jeremy Mincey told the Fort Worth Star Telegram that it’s time for Dallas to start winning again.
The Cowboys can’t wait around for Tony Romo because “He’s not Jesus,” Mincey said.
So Mincey, for one, isn’t waiting in joyful hope for the coming of the Cowboys’ savior Tony Romo.
Perhaps this is a mentality the Cowboys should have adopted at the time Romo was injured.
The Cowboys have lost all six games their starting quarterback has missed and have fallen to 2-6 after a 2-0 start.
Cowboys DE Jeremy Mincey says the defensive line had a special meeting today and he’s organizing a full team meeting later this week.
— Joe Trahan (@JoeTrahan) November 10, 2015
Mincey made a play that could have saved the Cowboys’ season on Sunday, forcing a fumble in overtime against the Eagles. But it was overturned on replay, and on the next play Sam Bradford threw a game-winning, 41-yard touchdown pass to Jordan Matthews.
Had the Cowboys won that game, they would have owned the head-to-head tiebreaker over the Eagles by virtue of two wins against them and they would have been within a game and a half of the first-place Giants (5-4) in an NFC East that’s up for grabs.
Instead, the Cowboys are in last place in the division and mired in their longest losing streak in 26 years, according to ESPN.com. That was 1989, the year the Cowboys went 1-15 in Jerry Jones’ first year as owner.
Romo is eligible to return from his broken collarbone in Week 11 when the Cowboys play at Miami. That means the Cowboys’ offense again will be run by Matt Cassel when they go to Tampa Bay (3-5) Sunday.
Jeremy Mincey: “The urgency will be a lot higher this week, I promise you that much. We’ll get this fixed.”
— Jon Machota (@jonmachota) November 11, 2015
This isn’t a team that’s sitting around waiting to be rescued by Romo. With the exception of a 30-6 home loss to New England, the Cowboys have been competitive in every game during this six-game losing streak.
Cassel had his best game of the year Sunday, completing 25 of 38 passes for 299 yards with three touchdowns and one interception. If he can keep trending upward, Sunday’s game against the Buccaneers could be a winnable one for the Cowboys.
But Cassel is no Romo.
And Romo is no Jesus.
But if the Cowboys win Sunday, they could couple Romo’s return with a little bit of momentum.