Dallas Cowboys: The 5 most disappointing Cowboys teams ever

5. 2014: 12-4 record, NFC East Champs

This Dallas team was one of the most overachieving team I had ever witness because the defense had no legitimate pass rush or any talent to speak of. Two years in a row they rated as one of the worst in the league. Remember that Dallas defense gave up 40 first downs to the New Orleans Saints? Also remember Dallas had chew up clock with long drives and score first to keep the mediocre defense off the field.

This Dallas team was projected to finish last in the NFC East but it leaned on its running game with DeMarco Murray, its dominant offensive line, and the awesome quarterback and wide receiver duo of Tony Romo and Dez Bryant.

This Dallas team overcame its mediocre defense and won the NFC East and beat the Detroit Lions for its first playoff win since the 1990’s. This team found the right formula to win games, but the dream became a nightmare as their achilles heel of no pass rush hurt them against the Green Bay Packers and that Grinch named Aaron Rodgers.

Rodgers beat Dallas with a bad leg, but it was Bryant’s overturned catch that sealed Dallas’ fate in one of the most disappointing losses in team story.

But on one particular play, Murray hit a wide open hole and it looked like he might score, only to have the ball knocked out by Julius Peppers, and the Packers recovered. That was before the fateful no-catch touchdown. That really was the turning point of the game.

And this was the Dallas team whose loss was tragically disappointing, not  because of the team being disappointing because of high expectations.