Because that’s exactly where they’re headed again in December, THE WRONG WAY.

After posting the best record in the NFC East this 2009 NFL football season, the Dallas Cowboys welcomed December the way they welcomed the month last season and the season before that, losing.

Yes, the Dallas Cowboys are struggling again in December, dropping the first two games of the month to relinquish the division lead to Philadelphia and possibly their hopes of a playoff spot. And since six new ”wrong way” signs were placed along the Dallas North Tollway as part of an effort to prevent more deaths and injuries from motorists going in the wrong direction, maybe somebody needs to put up one more inside the Cowboys locker room.

Well, at least Tony Romo and the rest of the Cowboys are consistent. They have always struggled during the month of December and with the teams these guys would have to play in the next three weeks, I’m not expecting ”America’s team” to finally put an end to what is turning out to be their very own ”Holiday curse.”

Next weekend, the Cowboys travel to the Superdome to face the undefeated New Orleans Saints. The Saints are just on a different level this season and I don’t see the Cowboys coming up with an upset in New Orleans.

After that, these ‘Boys will go back on the road again, this time to visit the Washington Redskins at FedEx Field. The Redskins are finally playing good football, probably because they know they don’t have anywhere to go now but up. They don’t have anything to lose at this point of the season and taking the Cowboys down with them to finish the year will just be too sweet to resist.

Then finally, the Cowboys end the regular season with this NFC East rivalry game with the Philadelphia Eagles. Unlike the Cowboys, the Eagles seem to play their best football in December, when Donovan McNabb usually gets hot. The Cowboys are in a whole lot of trouble and they know it.

Can they overcome their issues in December to get to the postseason?

”I think we can,” Cowboys head coach Wade Phillips said. ”I think we will. I don’t wonder about that.”

”I have a lot of confidence in these guys. This is part of a long season. Coming down the stretch, we need to finish.”

Well, they better start this weekend and do something special like, say, beating the undefeated New Orleans Saints at the Superdome? Surely, that’s not a far-fetched idea right?

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