With Saturday’s win over the Detroit Lions, the Washington Commanders snapped the NFC’s longest active championship game drought and passed that designation to another team that hasn’t reached the NFL’s final four since the ’90s, the Dallas Cowboys.
It’s been 29 years since the Cowboys last reached the title game in 1995, which now stands as the longest drought after Detroit and Washington snapped their droughts in successive years.
For a once-bitter rival like Washington to get back before Dallas has to be especially irritating for the Cowboys knowing all the turmoil that franchise has been through over the last 25 years. And just to add a little more salt to the situation, the Commanders were generous enough to leave Dallas a blueprint to do it themselves one day. The owner needs to sell the team.
The Cowboys now have the longest NFC Championship appearance drought in the NFC. pic.twitter.com/yEnFyxW3Na
— SportsCenter (@SportsCenter) January 19, 2025
DEION SANDERS > COWBOYS? He’s the only person who can save them
Not only have the Commanders been through two name changes since they last reached the title game — RIP to the Washington Football Team — they’ve also been through two ownership changes. The first happened just a few years after their last title game appearance, and it was for the worst. Dan Snyder bought the team in