Cowboys becoming league-wide laughingstock

Despite the presence of DeMarcus Ware, DeMarco Murray, Dez Bryant, Jason Witten and a litany of other solid players — and a 26-3 halftime lead – the Dallas Cowboys just dropped to 7-7 by losing at home to Green Bay.

They managed to do so despite 134 yards rushing from Murray, who averaged nearly 8 yards per carry.

For the second week in a row, the Cowboys looked as though they could spend all day gashing an opponent on the ground — yet they stubbornly refused to do so.

This team’s play-calling was widely criticized by Troy Aikman on FOX and throughout the Twittersphere. And rightfully so. Dallas’ decision to rely on the pass throughout the second half left time on the clock and gave Green Bay repeated opportunities to complete the comeback — the Packers outscored Dallas 34-10 in the second half.

And the unwillingness to run in the second quarter stalled several drives that ended in field goals instead of touchdowns, giving Green Bay reason to believe it had a chance to get back in the game.

The Cowboys needed this game to earn a tie in the division with Philadelphia. The Eagles gave Dallas a gift by losing to Minnesota earlier.

If it wasn’t obvious before now, Jerry Jones needs to reevaluate pretty much every level of management on this team. There is too much top-end talent for this team to be unable to put teams away. The defense — under Monte Kiffin, who replaced last year’s ineffective coordinator Rob Ryan — is abysmal. The play-calling is a joke. The obvious answer is Jones. But Jones obviously isn’t going to fire Jones.

If he needs to fill his ego by being the guy in front of the camera, fine. He needs to bring someone in behind the scenes who can give run personnel while placating Jones’ ego. And this coaching staff … this is a joke. This entire group has to go.

Otherwise this bunch is going to continue underachieving at a .500 level for years to come. And guys like Witten, Bryant, Ware and several others deserve better.