3 reasons Dallas Cowboys can win Super Bowl, and 1 reason they won’t

Why Cowboys can’t win Super Bowl: Coaching and discipline

Most Dallas Cowboys fans are probably still having nightmares about last season’s playoff loss to the San Francisco 49ers. Dak runs for the first down but goes just a bit too far, and then everyone seemed to forget that the ball needed to be set by the official. There was plenty of blame to go along with this play, but at the end of the day, it should fall solely and squarely on the shoulders of Mike McCarthy.

Luckily receiving another chance this season, one would think that McCarthy would have focused on making sure the Cowboys showed up for the 2022 season more disciplined. Not so much. Last season, the Cowboys averaged a total of 7.8 penalties per game, the worst in the NFL. In 2022, they have decreased that embarrassing total to 6.8 penalties per game, but that total is still good enough for third worst in the league.

The Dallas Cowboys have the talent to make a deep playoff run with one of the most potent offenses out there, along with a defensive superstar in Micah Parsons. But to win a title, teams need to put three or four near perfect games together. Super Bowl teams can’t afford is giving games away to dumb penalties or clock management, and Mike McCarthy’s Cowboys haven’t proven that they’ll be able to clean this up in time for January, let alone February, football.