If you asked me how I felt about this move in September, I would have absolutely loved it. Either purchasing a casket, building a casket, or - the most weird - hoarding a casket without a imminent plan to put a very particular deceased body inside it is the type of thing that should have you put on just about every local and federal watch list, but - aside from it being too close to the plot of a Criminal Minds episode for comfort - I appreciate a fan going to eerie lengths to troll an otherwise irrelevant rival. ​Unfortunately, if you asked me in September what I thought about the lifeless, robot prototype that is Jason Garrett leading Dak and the gang to a victory over a Carson Wentz quarterbacked Eagles' team in Philadelphia then I'd have laughed myself into pine box, and that's really the main issue I have with this stunt. Simply put, if you show up with a casket fit for either Jerry Jones or his organization, you can't simply leave having a 6-foot ditch been dug for your own team's playoff hopes. I almost feel like the mastermind behind that morbid attempt at mockery should have to ride home taking a long, dark, and symbolic look at his own team's mortality from the inside of his own over-the-top prop, as reigning Super Bowl champs or not, thinking you're unbeatable with a 4-4 record is simply inexcusable. I too thought last night might serve as the beginning of what felt like the Eagles' inevitable climb up the standings. However, with how things have gone thus far, it wasn't even close to a guarantee that they'd end the night dancing on the awaiting grave of the 2018 Cowboys. Other than prison, obviously, there has to be some type of penalty for driving around with a damned coffin in the bed of your truck, and I think being forced to contemplate your overconfidence from within close confines that make it impossible not to think about what you did (in between wisely chosen breaths, of course) makes for a good one. Although an argument could be made that lugging that thing back into your garage (or torture chamber) as a defeated shell of a man and fan is punishment enough.
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