If the Cowboys had lost to the mid-fire-sale Colts on Sunday, there would have been an endless and spirited conversation about the idea of an in-season coaching change in Dallas. This is especially true after team owner Jerry Jones spent the entire week defending his assembled staff —which experts comfortably place at least in the bottom 10 in total staff salary, if not bottom five—and insisting that he is consistently (and perhaps illegally) in conversations with the “top names” to come to Dallas.

So, do we simply pass on that conversation because the Cowboys barely beat the fire-sale Colts?

There’s some deserved nuance, of course. The Cowboys were without Joey Porter Jr. and George Pickens, and finally the defense looked close to adequate. Rookie first-round pick Caleb Downs sealed the game with a clutch interception and made a critical tackle earlier in the chaotic waning minutes.…