Sunday’s Week 15 matchup in Western New York is a monumental one for the Dallas Cowboys and Buffalo Bills.
Should Dallas come out victorious, it will keep hold of a crucial NFC East lead over the rival Philadelphia Eagles. Should Buffalo leave with a win, it may start a surge toward a playoff push, perhaps even an AFC East title, in the event the Miami Dolphins falter down the stretch. With these kinds of stakes, the Cowboys are pulling out all the stops to ensure they’re in the proper mindset.
During Thursday’s practice, Dallas taped pictures of Bills defenders to its practice equipment so players could theoretically visualize dominating Buffalo. It’s a bit odd, but hey, I guess you’ll take any motivation where you can get it:
The #DallasCowboys have players from the Buffalo Bills on these pads for drills today. pic.twitter.com/nfvukM5BDd
— Nick Harris (@NickHarrisDC) December 14, 2023
For what it’s worth, the Cowboys possess the NFL’s No. 1 scoring offense, the No. 2 offense in expected points added (EPA) per play, the No. 4 offense in total yards, and the No. 6 offense in DVOA efficiency. So, I find it rather hard to question how Dallas decides to amp itself up for a big December game with a playoff atmosphere.
This was how Twitter reacted to the Cowboys' motivational tactics
Just bumped the Bills a point https://t.co/W31TepLiWJ
— Stuckey (@Stuckey2) December 14, 2023
Either Dallas gonna go hard or they gonna go too hard and take a lot of penalties. Half that team was the team on the thanksgiving game years back still big mad! https://t.co/deWozrdY8B
— Phil Munny (@pmunny59) December 14, 2023
What an absolute embarrassment of a pro sports franchise the Cowboys are https://t.co/XYOD8N22Ht
— Shawn DePaz (@shawn_depaz) December 14, 2023
Bills defensive players looking at this https://t.co/8ujx1krBGr pic.twitter.com/JAd2gzytBs
— SleeperNFL (@SleeperNFL) December 14, 2023
https://t.co/WEYYw6ddOv pic.twitter.com/0OCxmf8xxl
— emma ❄︎ (@haleyjcmesscott) December 14, 2023
The Cowboys throwing it back with real “nameless faceless energy” today 😅
(yes i know today they have faces, but you get my point)#DallasCowboys https://t.co/SlaIHyWQtM pic.twitter.com/ERmrhPC5aX
— Brandon Loree (@Brandoniswrite) December 14, 2023
Never seen this from this team. Love it
— SJ ✭ (@That1CowboysFan) December 14, 2023
Love it https://t.co/OEXY1cC9aQ
— ✭ Steph ✭ (@sdf0023) December 14, 2023
Mike McCarthy and Dan Quinn different lol can’t say I hate it 🤷🏾♂️😂 https://t.co/zJDHVNaQou pic.twitter.com/4ME5dTbQZ7
— 𝒥𝑜𝒽𝓃 𝐿𝑜𝓊𝒾𝓈 𝐵𝒶𝓇𝓇𝑜𝓃 ɪɪ (@jLB023_) December 14, 2023
At least they don’t smash Watermelons anymore. They’re to good to waste. ☺️ https://t.co/gKcnrRi8Lb
— Shwanda Mabine Williams (@Sistah_Soldier_) December 14, 2023
