The Commanders punched their ticket to the NFL’s version of the Final Four, their first appearance there since the 1991 season.
DALLAS — It’s lonely at the top. Now it’s lonely at the bottom for the Dallas Cowboys.
With the Washington Commanders’ win over the Detroit Lions in the NFC Divisional round Saturday night, the Cowboys now hold the distinction of having the longest championship game drought in the NFC.
The Commanders punched their ticket to the NFL’s version of the Final Four, their first appearance there since the 1991 season.
For the Cowboys, it’s been 29 years since they last had a “win and get in” chance at making the Super Bowl. You have to go all the way back to the 1995 season, which ultimately resulted in the franchise’s fifth Super Bowl.
Ironically, the Commanders beat the one team that had matched their futility over the last 30 years. The Lions made the NFC Championship Game last year, snapping a 33-year drought that went back to the 1991 season, when they lost to Washington in the NFC Championship.
But both of those franchises appear to be on a better track than the Cowboys at the moment.
Dallas’ freshly-claimed title of futility predictably led to ridicule on social media over the weekend.
The good news for Dallas? Lions defensive coordinator Aaron Glenn and Commanders offensive coordinator Kliff Kingsbury and running backs coach Anthony Lynn have all been linked as possibilities to land the Cowboys head coaching job.
The bad news for the Cowboys? The Commanders won’t just be facing any old team in the conference championship. They’ll be playing the Cowboys other division rival, the Philadelphia Eagles.
So look away on Sunday, Cowboys fans. Just look away.