The Dallas Cowboys lost on Thursday night to the Detroit Lions. Losing in general is difficult to take, but doing so when your playoff lives are on the line makes it especially frustrating.

For all intents and purposes the Cowboys held a 23% chance of reaching the playoffs before Thursday night’s game. In losing their odds dropped to 9% which means you can use the gif from Dumb and Dumber to talk about it.

The New York Times playoff simulator gives the Cowboys a 41% chance of reaching the playoffs if they win out (Vikings, Chargers, at Commanders, and at Giants). Even winning out is below 50% which is why Thursday night was so critical.

Within that world the Cowboys would obviously need a ton of help. The TL;DR is that they would need the San Francisco 49ers, Green Bay Packers, and now

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