First things first, this is for the real Cowboy fans. It's been a rough couple of years...or decades, let's be real. We got through the Quincy Carter years and the many, many heartbreaks that came with being a Cowboy fan. But through it all, true Dallas Cowboy fans all share the same understandings:

1. We are America's Team.

Deal with it.

2. You don't mess with the star.

Or you get laid out.

3. The iconic Hail Mary? We invented that.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O7uS0ezb2o4&feature=youtu.be

"I closed my eyes and said 'Hail Mary'," Cowboy Quarterback Roger Staubach said after his game-winning touchdown pass to Drew Pearson in 1975 in a divisional playoff game to defeat the Minnesota Vikings. The term spread like wildfire.

5. Thanksgiving isn't Thanksgiving without the Cowboys.

Since 1966.

6. We hate Jerry Jones, but we love Jerry Jones.

He definitely oversteps his boundaries...but the guy just wants what we all want, to win. And hey, we can thank him for Jerry World, which brings me to next point...

7. AT&T Stadium is the 8th wonder of the world.

Construction of this beauty cost about 1.3 billion. Thanks, Jerry!

8. Dez. Caught. It.

And you will catch these hands if you argue otherwise.

9. Everyone loves America's sweethearts.

Even if you hate the boys.

10. We don't care that you hate us.

Through thick and thin, we love our boys and we defend them 'till we are blue in the face. We still are and always will be a dynasty, so just sit back and enjoy the show. And as Terrell Owens once said, "I know y'all don't want me to shine, but I'mma shine anyway."

How 'bout them Cowboys!