HOUSTON -- The Dallas Cowboys do not wear pressure well. Most NFL teams do not. It is in their walk, in their talk, in their aim leading into Sundays. For the Cowboys, it was the pressure of sitting at 0-2 staring at a possible crash to 0-3 with a bye to follow that. That's pressure. They decided it had to be released here in Reliant Stadium.Beforehand, there were Cowboys player meetings and reaffirmations to each other and to team goals. There were reviews of the losses to Washington and Chicago and a realization that a play here or a turnover there could have made things different.
But the essence was the Cowboys needed to exhale.
And after the pile of licks they put on the Texans in a 27-13 victory, each Cowboy did.
It was evident as they ran up the stadium tunnel afterward, many of them winking in relief or waving a hand in relief or nodding in relief or simply releasing, as one of their assistant coaches did, a loud "Whew!''
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