The last time the Dallas Cowboys entered a season with such low expectations was 2003, the rookie years of Jason Witten and Tony Romo. The Cowboys hired Bill Parcells, but this was a team that had gone 5-11 in each of the three previous seasons. Like the 2003 team, however, these Cowboys overachieved, despite the loss to Green Bay in the playoffs. Nobody predicted a 12-4 regular season and NFC East championship, but DeMarco Murray set the franchise’s single-season rushing record with 1,845 yards, Dez Bryant had a single-season franchise record 16 touchdown catches, the offensive line, bolstered by three first-round picks, became one of the NFL’s best, and Romo rebounded from two back surgeries in less than a year.
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