Big Cat says Jerry Jones has a humiliation fetish

Monday's PMT billed it as a "Cowboys all time meltdown," and Big Cat didn't ease into it. He went straight at the owner.

Big Cat

@BarstoolBigCat

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Here's what set him off. Dallas led Arizona by 14 in the fourth quarter at AT&T Stadium. Then Gardner Minshew came off the bench and threw 3 fourth-quarter touchdowns. The last one, a 13-yarder to Michael Wilson, tied it with 6 seconds left. Chad Ryland missed the extra point that would have won it, and the Cowboys still lost. Ryland made up for it with a 42-yard field goal in overtime, and it finished 33-30.

That's what Big Cat meant. Losing a game is normal. Dallas got a free life when the kicker missed a game-winning PAT and still found a way to lose it. Tyler Allgeier piled up 191 yards from scrimmage, 147 of them on the ground, and most of that came after halftime while the Dallas defense got pushed around. Both teams are now 3-5.

Dave sees it differently. He doesn't think the Cowboys are worth roasting anymore. On Wake Up Barstool, with Jon Gruden on the panel, his question was why anyone still treats Dallas like it matters.

Dave Portnoy

@stoolpresidente

Why do we keep talking about the Cowboys? They stink. They haven’t been relevant in forever

Those 2 takes clash, and they're both kind of right. Dave says the Cowboys stink and haven't been relevant in forever. Big Cat's answer is that they're relevant because of how they lose. A team this mediocre doesn't usually get its own segment on 2 Barstool shows by 9am. Dallas does, because it keeps losing in prime-time, embarrassing ways.

There's also a weird Arizona angle. Just last week on the Yak, Big Cat said he had only just found out the Cardinals have their own franchise curse, which goes back to a disputed 1925 title.

Barstool Yak

@BarstoolYak

“I didn't realize the Arizona Cardinals have a curse.” – Big Cat

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Six days later, the Cardinals went into Arlington and handed out a curse of their own. Dallas sits at 3-5 at the midway point, and the trend is clear: the bigger the stage, the dumber the loss. If Big Cat is right about Jerry, the Cowboys owner is getting exactly what he wants.