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Pros And Cons Of Thanksgiving The Dallas Cowboys

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This is one Thanksgiving the Dallas Cowboys would rather soon forget. The team saw their miniscule playoff hopes extinguished completely after a 33-17 shellacking from the undefeated Carolina Panthers put their record at a disappointing 3-8.

What 's even worse is the fact that the team will have to trudge through the remainder of their season without starting quarterback Tony Romo, who reinjured his left collarbone that forced him to miss seven straight contests earlier this season.

The season ending play occurred at the end of the third quarter, when Romo was sacked by Panthers Linebacker Thomas Davis. He told reporters that the pain he felt was 'similar ' to the feeling he experienced during the September game against the Philadelphia

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