SEATTLE _ The Dallas Cowboys should trade for Earl Thomas on the condition that he not only play safety but wide receiver and quarterback, too.
The grumpy Seattle Seahawks safety wants to be a Cowboy, and at this point he should re-consider his position; the team he wants to play for is not the group that exists.
The Dallas Cowboys of 2016, when the team featured the NFL's hottest young couple, is dead.
Or center Travis Frederick was the key to whole thing all along and we just didn't know it.
The Cowboys' 24-13 loss to the Seattle Seahawks on Sunday was as disheartening as any regular-season defeat since Dak took over. That includes their loss to the Seahawks on Christmas Eve last year.
They at least moved the ball in that game.
All of that RPO (run-pass option) that worked so well against the New York Giants in Week 2 was deleted from the playbook, despite the preference to see more of Dak's running from Hall of Fame Cowboys GM Jerry Jones.
With 12:50 remaining in the game, the Cowboys trailed by 18 points. They had 154 yards of total offense, and seven first downs.
Any offensive superlative after that point is a giant bag of #FakeStats.
The Cowboys offensive stats gained in Seattle were no different than the hallow bag of numbers they accumulated in their Week 1 loss in Carolina. They moved the ball only when the Seahawks played soft in their attempt to kill the clock.
By that point on Sunday, Dak had not run the ball once. He hadn't thrown for much, either.
Running back Ezekiel Elliott, who would go on to run for more than 100 yards, had his own first-half touchdown reception erased because he stepped out of bounds before he ran his route.
With under 11 minutes remaining in the game, when we thought the Cowboys could not possibly be any more inept on offense, Zeke ripped off his longest run of the season for 26 yards only to fumble it away.
That was the team's second turnover of the afternoon. Whatever faint prayer they had of making this a game died with that play deep in Seahawks' territory.
Their first turnover was a Dak interception that required a brilliant play from a brilliant player, Earl Thomas, who caught the ball near the ground against his shin.
Just for fun, Dak added one more interception late in the fourth quarter.
The Cowboys' defense, which was going to maul an inferior Seahawks' offensive line, was outplayed by a Seattle group that is closer to the Legion of Finished than the Legion of Boom.
Dak was sacked five times; Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson went down twice, and completely outplayed his counterpart at the position.
Running back Chris Carson ran for more than 100 yards. Does anyone know who Chris Carson is? It says here he plays for the Seahawks.
On the bright side, Cowboys kicker Brett Maher nailed a 50-yard field goal and made another kick. So ... that's kinda like winning.
The ugly is the ugly: The team's receivers aren't getting open, Dak is getting sacked and it's having an effect on his play, and twice in three games the offense has moved the ball only after the game was done.
Thomas would be obvious upgrade at safety for the Cowboys, but this team has serious holes on offense that Thomas can't fill. Not unless he can play wide receiver, or quarterback, too.
