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IRVING, Texas (AP) -- No, losing to the Detroit Lions does not revoke the playoff spot the Dallas Cowboys had already clinched.
It just means they're in a mess of trouble heading into what Bill Parcells likes to call "the tournament."
Done in by repeated mistakes from Tony Romo and a few more by Terence Newman, the Cowboys blew their chance to stay alive in the NFC East race and build some much-needed momentum for the playoffs with a 39-31 loss to the lowly Lions on Sunday.
"I can't tell you how disappointed I am. I really can't," Parcells said, his tone more deflated than irate. "This is the low point for me in a long time."
Detroit would've been better off losing this game and locking up the No. 1 overall pick in the draft.
But even the Lions (3-13) couldn't refuse all the gifts the Cowboys gave them, from a penalty on Newman wiping out an interception return for a touchdown on the game's first snap to Romo failing to scramble into the end zone from the 6-yard line on the final play that mattered.