However, Dallas needed a 98-yard drive to win the game which granted a lot of criticism from legendary NFL tight end Rob Gronkowski. Indeed, the former New England Patriots and Tampa Bay Buccaneers star levied the comments at Dallas before their game against Houston.
In fact, Gronkowski, now a studio analyst at Fox, had some harsh words about the Cowboys on his network's pregame show Sunday. He indicated that Dallas might not be a true contender that could challenge the Eagles all too well in the NFC playoff race.
«Are the Dallas Cowboys pretenders or contenders? And history states that they're pretenders every season,» Gronkowski said.
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Unsurprisingly, his comments did not sit well with a lot of Cowboys fans, who were very quick to remind Gronk how the Cowboys just destroyed the Vikings 40-3 in Week 11.