"For the past month, the Dallas Cowboys have carried with them the burden of losing a teammate and the joy of getting into playoff contention. On Thursday night, the Cowboys' 44-30 loss to the Detroit Lions at Ford Field was their first since the death of Marshawn Kneeland and their first in more than a month, dropping them to 6-6-1 on the season and giving them difficult odds in making the postseason."
"I don't think it's any deflated moment like, oh, hands are up, we're done. No. No. Absolutely not. I think you're going to get a team that's pissed, especially as we talk about a team that's kind of changed since the bye week. This is the first time this group, to an extent, suffered this. So hopefully it pisses people off the right way, we use it as fuel,"
The Dallas Cowboys lost 44-30 to the Detroit Lions at Ford Field, falling to 6-6-1 and ending a winning stretch of more than a month. The team has navigated the emotional burden of losing teammate Marshawn Kneeland while briefly entering playoff contention. Playoff probability declined to 8%, with potential head-to-head tiebreaker losses to the Bears, Panthers and Lions. Remaining opponents include the Vikings, Commanders and Giants, each with losing records, and the Chargers on Dec. 21. The team played four games in an 18-day span after wins over the Raiders, Eagles and Chiefs following the Quinnen Williams acquisition.
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