You've heard of Murphy's Law?
"Anything that can go wrong WILL go wrong"
The events that transpire in Cowboyland make Murphy seem optimistic. It should be shocking.
1. Ignoring the RB position over the last three drafts save for one undersized 6th round pick. This is despite the fact that the Cowboys lost their primary RB, whose productivity fell like an anvil being dropped from a 100-story building. They responded with nothing after losing their RB2 who barely got a thousand yards in a 17 game season.
2. A defensive gameplan against the Packers in which everyone knew the Cowboys had trouble against the run as a result of an undersized defense with two LB's, one of them a former safety. Quinn did nothing to compensate for an obvious playoff game response. The Packers threw the ball 21 times and ran all day long.
3. Allowing Lamb's contract issues to continue into training camp while almost every other WR1 in the league were getting their extensions in front of Lamb, constantly increasing his market value.
4. Procrastinating on the decisions regarding Dak's contract and/or future with the team during a four-year period in which they did absolutely nothing to develop a reliable alternative. They drafted one QB in the 7th round, a so-called project that started one game his rookie season.
5. Repeated the same devastating practice of overpaying the wrong players and creating so much dead cap that it seriously effects their ability to create depth and minimize the effect of injuries to their starters.
We are not shocked at these events because we have become acclimated to the incompetence of amateur management when it comes to actual football operations.
Just as it is in every other aspect of life, we create a lot of our own luck in the way we prepare for possible unfortunate events. Potential obstacles should always be taken into consideration when planning.
Considering their recent history, we would think the Cowboys understand this. In fact, the most shocking element of this franchise is repeating the same mistakes over and over while expecting different results. That is not bad luck. That is insanity.