Texas’s Frisco Everything remains in front of the Dallas Cowboys and their goals for 2023, despite an ugly 31-10 loss to the Buffalo Bills on Sunday.

Following the Eagles’ loss to the Seahawks, Dallas secured its third consecutive postseason berth, and the **door remains open for a divisional title**.

I understand your thoughts at this point. How can any faith be placed in a Cowboys comeback in Miami after the team’s performance in Buffalo on Sunday? True, but a victory at Hard Rock Stadium would provide Dallas the chance to allay three serious worries.

First up, touring with a band. Oh my goodness, when will this squad be able to produce a road effort – just one – that matches what it does all season long at home? When it comes to playing a complete game and leaving no detail unfinished, I haven’t seen a road effort that I would rank higher than any seven of the home victories, with the exception of the season-opening victory in New York.

After the game, head coach Mike McCarthy stated, “It’s a gap, and that’s part of my message.” “At home, we play so brilliantly. The distance between our road games is simply too great. We know this, and we’ll have plenty of time on the long ride home to discuss and reflect on it. We need to improve, but we also need to go on to Miami in the morning and get this one fixed.”

In order to start the process of dispelling the myth that they are unable to compete on the road, they would need to defeat a 10-4 Miami team that appears to be an AFC contender in their own stadium. Because that story has two solid legs to stand on up to this point. Knowing that this club will be playing a strong opponent on the road in the playoffs in January might be a huge confidence boost.

Secondly, stopping a strong onslaught. Dallas’ run defence performance was the worst it has seen since 2012, when the Cowboys defence gave up 266 yards, including 179 from James Cook alone. Though Cook’s performance also saw him break contain many times and get around the edges for huge gains, Johnathan Hankins’ absence was noticed greatly.

Miami, who field the two-headed running back tandem of Raheem Mostert and Devon Achane to lead the fourth-best rushing offence in the league, only makes the battle more formidable this week. If Hankins is unable to return, it will need a “Herculean effort” to contain the dangerous and adaptable rushing onslaught that the Dolphins are capable of producing, in the opinion of Jerry Jones.