"I'm not someone who believes in curses, ghosts, witchcraft, or supernatural forces deciding football games. After watching the Dallas Cowboys for the last 30 years, the highs, the heartbreaks, the collapses that always seem to arrive right on schedule. I can't lie: sometimes it feels like this team is fighting more than X's and O's. I'm not saying the Cowboys are literally cursed, but I am saying this franchise plays like a team that's been trying to break one since 1996."
"The Post-1995 Pattern Is Impossible to Ignore Every season, the Cowboys find a way to follow the same script. And I've watched it unfold so many times it's become pretty predictable. Hot start, rising optimism, national hype sounds familiar, right? Then December arrives, key injuries hit, late-game disasters, and the entire season flips upside down. After that? A playoff face-plant or miss the playoffs altogether."
"Bad Timing Always Finds the Star Players We've watched incredible Cowboys teams be derailed by injuries or bad luck at the worst possible moment: It seems every time Dallas looks ready to make a real run, something takes out the star players. And yes, it feels like a curse when it keeps happening like a record on repeat."
Since 1996 the Cowboys consistently start seasons strongly then falter late, often in December, due to key injuries and late-game failures. High expectations and national hype amplify each collapse into headlines and memes. Star players frequently suffer untimely setbacks just when playoff runs seem likely. Persistent coaching instability prevents a stable team identity and contributes to recurring underperformance. The pattern results in playoff misses or early exits, leaving the franchise locked in a cycle of hopeful starts followed by heartbreaking finishes. Fans experience repeated disappointment as every mistake becomes magnified, and the franchise appears unable to shake the pattern.
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