The Dallas Cowboys are making a record third appearance on HBO’s Hard Knocks this season, a decision Colin Cowherd isn’t too excited about.
The Fox Sports Radio host rattled off his sections of NFL teams on Monday and isn’t very optimistic about the Cowboys, especially with the added distraction of HBO cameras.
“Then you get a lot of Steelers, Giants, Cowboys, Chargers,” Cowherd described on his show. “A lot of questions around one side of the ball, or it’s a rookie head coach, or it’s still a young quarterback, or they are too dependant on one player, and I think Dallas is in that group.”
The Cowboys (like most good NFL teams) relied heavily on their star quarterback Dak Prescott before he ultimately went down with a broken ankle. He expects to be a full go for training camp, which fans get to watch firsthand on Hard Knocks.
“When you’re in that group,” Cowherd continued. “You just don’t have a lot of margin for error. I think another team in that division, the Giants and Cowboys are very similar. You don’t really know. The Over/Under on Dallas is 9.5, the wise guys, the sharps in Vegas are betting the under. That means they think Dallas is going to be like 9-8.”
“So that’s where Hard Knocks is just enough of a distraction. Does it peel off one win? That’s what it’s done in recent years. We thought the Cowboys’ distractions were over when they signed Dak. Hard Knocks feels like a self-inflicted distraction. I think that’s what’s frustrating if you are a Cowboy fan.”
No team has ever won their conference, let alone a Super Bowl, during a season as the show’s featured team. The 2009 New York Jets made it to the AFC Championship game but couldn’t close the deal. Cowboys fans are surely hoping to break that trend in 2021.