Ben DiNucci and the Cowboys had a rough Sunday night in Philadelphia. Bill Streicher-USA TODAY Sports

NFL world reacts to another humiliating performance by the Dallas Cowboys

Originally posted on Sportsnaut | By Vincent Frank | Last updated 11/1/20

There weren’t high expectations for rookie quarterback Ben DiNucci and his Dallas Cowboys heading into “Sunday Night Football” Week 8 against an equally pedestrian Philadelphia Eagles team.

Coming into the Sunday night matchup, Dallas had lost two consecutive games by the combined score of 63-13. The Cowboys had lost their top two starting quarterbacks, Dak Prescott and Andy Dalton, to injury.

Even then, what we saw from the Dallas Cowboys on national television seemingly brought football back decades. That’s not even hyperbole.

Check out this wholesome all-American football play right here.

America's Team + 2020 = pic.twitter.com/SenkBgo6QN
— Sportsnaut (@Sportsnaut) November 2, 2020

We’re not even sure where to begin with that one. Regardless of whether the call on the field should have stood, this had to be accompanied with Benny Hill music. Alas, someone will make that come to fruition.

This was the part of a larger performance from the Cowboys that saw them fall to the Eagles by the score of 23-9. It also included this intentional safety (that’s a thing) for good measure.

Cowboys season in a nutshell pic.twitter.com/gbtP465xmh
— Fried (@FriedWillBarton) November 2, 2020

Making his first NFL start, DiNucci put up 180 net passing yards on 40 attempts. Ezekiel Elliott averaged 3.3 yards per attempt. Amari Cooper was not targeted until the fourth quarter.

The Dallas Cowboys have now been outscored 86-22 over the past three games. They are now 2-6 on the season.

It’s obviously going to make those questioning first-year head coach Mike McCarthy’s performance even more boisterous heading into a Week 9 outing against the undefeated Pittsburgh Steelers.

The NFL world had its reactions to Sunday night’s hilariously bad performance from America’s Team.

Cowboys fans rn pic.twitter.com/kP2Y4ed6CW
— B/R Gridiron (@brgridiron) November 2, 2020

Cowboys-Eagles is the nationally televised hellscape appetizer America deserves
— Jawn Gonzalez (@JohnGonzalez) November 2, 2020

Cowboys +10.5 just got SCREWED
— Big Cat (@BarstoolBigCat) November 2, 2020

Cowboys Dak Prescott sitting at home calculating his new counteroffer to Jerry Jones rn be like:
pic.twitter.com/HCw8s0M63n
— Danny Armstrong (@DArmstrong44) November 2, 2020

23-9 NOT THE COWBOYS pic.twitter.com/LphZuKcVB8
— Justin Lever (@JustinLever3) November 2, 2020

The coaches trusted that debacle + giving the eagles two points over the Cowboys offense getting 17 yards lol
— Blogging The Boys (@BloggingTheBoys) November 2, 2020

Cowboys WR Cedrick Wilson has been sacked twice tonight. An official statistic.
— Michael Gehlken (@GehlkenNFL) November 2, 2020

That was intentional, but the 2020 Cowboys just became the first team in franchise history to allow three safeties in same season. And it took only eight games. Dallas simultaneously has too many safeties and not enough of them.
— Michael Gehlken (@GehlkenNFL) November 2, 2020

When you remember the Cowboys play the only undefeated team in the NFL next week: pic.twitter.com/OORtAM2KSz
— Taylor Stern (@TayStern) November 2, 2020

One really now has to wonder where the Cowboys go from here. We’re going to hear a lot coming out of Big D in the coming days. Perhaps, owner Jerry Jones looks to shake things up.

Regardless, this is among the worst stretches of games we’ve seen from the Dallas Cowboys in some time.

This article first appeared on Sportsnaut and was syndicated with permission.

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