I admit, I am an NFL Network junkie. I turn it on at lunch while I eat a quick sandwich, I turn it on after work while I am waiting for the evening plans to kick on, and I turn it on as the evening wears down as background noise to whatever I happen to be doing at that time.

But, after that loss to the Giants, I just couldn’t watch. In fact, I avoided the NFL Channel, ESPN, even listening to The Ticket. And I’m sure I’m not the lone Cowboy fan that avoided sports news. After posting one of their best regular seasons ever, the Cowboys fell flat in the playoffs… again.

All of that seemed to change last Sunday. There’s something about the only team to go undefeated in the regular season since the 1972 Dolphins losing the Super Bowl that makes me think… well… this season could have been worse. I mean, we may have posted a record number of Pro Bowl players without winning a playoff game, but at least we aren’t the Patriots.

And, hey, we may have gotten beat, but we got beat by the eventual Super Bowl champs. It’s just too bad it was the Giants. Might have been easier to stomach had it been the Packers.

But, hey, there’s something to be said for finishing strong. If the Giants hadn’t come out swinging in week 17, giving the Patriots a good game, and going into the playoffs feeling they could hang with anyone in the league, who knows what would have happened?

And, if the Cowboys hadn’t gone into the playoffs a lame duck… who knows?

One thing is for sure. Come next week 17, whether or not our spot in the playoffs is set, we’d better be looking at building some momentum. This going into the playoffs on a losing streak hasn’t been working out too well.