What is amendable, though, is the hellish sun glare at AT&T Stadium, which continuously hinders Cowboys pass-catchers in big moments. It cropped up in the first quarter of Sunday's game against the Eagles when CeeDee Lamb failed to catch a would-be touchdown.

The sunlight that infiltrated AT&T Stadium wasn't just affecting the Dallas Cowboys' ability to catch passes.  Philadelphia Eagles offensive coordinator Kellen Moore admitted the sunlight was bothering the Eagles offense in the first quarter when Philadelphia had possession on that end of the field.

Philadelphia Eagles offensive coordinator Kellen Moore was with the Dallas Cowboys as backup quarterback (2015-2017), quarterbacks coach (2018) and

Kellen Moore had experience with the sunlight at AT&T Stadium during his time with the Cowboys as a player and coordinator.

Moore spent seven seasons in Dallas across different roles, so he knows all about the quirks of the Cowboys’ home field.

The little and lean lefty’s drawings were legible. The play designs carried a pristine prudence, an indication that the third-string Dallas Cowboys quarterback indeed belonged on the sideline. “It wasn’t just some chicken scratch,” Frank Pollack recalls.

This entailed rotating the structure so that the setting sun would send its rays through an end zone facing west. That's the simple truth at the heart of the sudden controversy regarding Jones's refusal to put up curtains in order to keep the sun out of the eyes of his players.