If there’s been one constant in the Mike McCarthy era, it’s playing the 49ers. For the fifth time in as many years, the Cowboys will face San Francisco as they come out of their bye, and they’ll be looking for just their second win in those five tries. Two of those losses came in the playoffs in back-to-back years, and last year’s regular season matchup was about as brutal of a loss as the last time this year’s Cowboys squad played a game.
To say that the 49ers are the big bad bully of the McCarthy-era Cowboys would be an understatement. Their only win over this team came in 2020, when Andy Dalton outdueled Nick Mullens at the end of a lost season for both teams. Since then, San Francisco has had their number, and stacking another loss to Kyle Shanahan, Brock Purdy, and company may just be the thing that breaks the morale of these Cowboys.
