👋 Good morning! - All good things end eventually, and for the Dallas Cowboys that meant their three-game win streak, and an unwelcome defensive rewind. In the loss last night, the unit looked far too much like the version from before the Quinnen Williams trade. - Ali Jawad

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The Cowboys’ three-game heater crashed into a Detroit brick wall at Ford Field, and with it went the margin for error.

Dallas fell to the Lions in a game that felt like a playoff eliminator, dropping to 6-6-1 with four to go, and now the path to January basically screams “win the NFC East or start booking tee times.” The frustrating part? This wasn’t the Denver-style no-show.

The Cowboys fought, closed the gap multiple times, and even found offense in chunks but the same old road gremlins showed up with receipts.

The night’s gut punch was CeeDee Lamb leaving mid game and later being ruled out with a concussion after a monster start (six catches, 121 yards).

Without him, the Cowboys’ comeback formula got shaky fast, especially with George Pickens stuck in neutral (five for 37) and the pass protection folding at the worst times.

Dak Prescott still piled up 376 yards with a TD, but five sacks and two picks turned a big-yardage night into a “so close, so costly” storyline. Javonte Williams hit the 1,000-yard milestone and punched in a short TD, while Ryan Flournoy kept flashing as a legit bright spot with nine for 115 and a score.

And yet, Dallas’ defense couldn’t land the finishing blow, or any blow when it mattered most.

The Lions answered every surge, ripped off chunk plays (26, 26, 35, 18, 16, 29, 37), and leaned on Jahmyr Gibbs to slam the door shut after the Cowboys made it a one-possession game late.

Between the mistakes (Ferguson fumble, flags, shaky special teams moments) and the kickoff coverage implosions that set Detroit up on short fields, it was death by paper cuts… followed by a sledgehammer.

The schedule ahead might still be friendly, but now the Cowboys’ postseason hopes are hanging by a thread, and that thread looks a lot thinner without No. 88.

NBA insider Marc Stein jumped on the DLLS Mavs Podcast with Bobby Karalla and Kevin Gray Jr. to ask the question every Dallas fan is secretly wondering: is it time for the Mavericks to push all their chips in after this three-game heater?

From franchise-altering trades to swinging for a true superstar, the crew dives into what “all-in” really looks like in this new era of Mavs basketball.

And yes, they even kick around the wild possibility of a Giannis Antetokounmpo mega-move and what it would take to actually make something like that real.

The Dallas Stars just keep finding ways to surprise everyone.

Despite a brutal wave of injuries, the Stars sit at 18-5-5 and have turned their penalty kill from a disaster into the NHL’s best since November.

Between Jamie Benn’s top-line resurgence, Miro Heiskanen’s Norris-level play, and an unreal 10-1-4 road record, this team is defying every excuse in the book.

The Winter Meetings are here, and the Texas Rangers are rolling in with a shiny new blockbuster trade and a shopping list full of must-fix roster holes.

From rotation help to lineup thump, all eyes are on which big names Chris Young might swipe next, and whether Texas has another headline-stealing move up its sleeve.

If the early aggression is any hint, the defending champs might be gearing up to own the offseason just like they owned October.

Translation, “Giannis is out till we work out a proper trade.”

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Ali Jawad
Dallas Cowboys ​Content Creator/Newsletter Writer
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