A look at what local and national sports writers are saying following the Dallas Cowboys' win over the Seattle Seahawks.
Loss to Cowboys gives Seahawks a reality check | Seattle Times
"If the Seahawks hadn't dominated on special teams and capitalized on several Dallas mistakes, the game wouldn't have been so close." - Jerry Brewer
Doug Baldwin: Must make corrections | ESPN.com
"We have to quit BS-ing ourselves. We've got to be real with ourselves," Baldwin said. "When we get in the meeting room, we've got to actually pay attention to things and not blow smoke up our tails that everything's going to be all right. Things aren't going right. Pay attention to things that we're not doing right and correct them."
"This Cowboys team is not a one-hit wonder -- they can hit all day, on both sides of the ball. They did just that against a Seattle team that's generally regarded as the NFL's most physical franchise, and they did it in a stadium where most teams go to die." - Doug Farrar
Seahawks simply get shoved around by Dallas | The News Tribune
"These are the kind of losses the Seahawks have dealt to so many other teams over the last couple seasons, when they came up with the key turnover, made the dramatic late play, or, throughout the course of the game, just physically dominated both sides of the line of scrimmage." - Dave Boling, The News Tribune
It's time of the Seahawks offense to feed The Beast | The News Tribune
"Lynch was limited to two carries in the first half and 10 overall. Not enough. It was the second time in five games the Hawks have attempted to win without relying on their All-Pro running back, and the second time in five games they've lost." - John McGrath
"When Maxwell went out with an ankle sprain in the first quarter, everything changed. Seattle didn't want to use second-year cornerback Marcus Burley on Bryant, so Sherman shifted from staying at left corner to a player who followed Bryant all over the field." - Calvin Watkins
Cowboys beat champs, are true Super Bowl threats | The Sporting News
"If these were the 8-8 Cowboys of the previous three seasons, they would have blown Sunday's game in Seattle by not running the ball enough or making a big mistake late." - Vinnie Iyer
Home is not the sweetest place | ESPN.com
"To beat the Seahawks, an opponent needs to be physical on offense and defense. To do that, you need a running game. The 49ers have that with Frank Gore. The formula is to take the Seahawks into the fourth quarter and hit on a big play. The Cowboys did just that Sunday in a 30-23 road victory." - John Clayton
"The Dallas Cowboys just kept running the ball at the Seattle Seahawks and beat Seattle at its own game." - Terry Blount
