Linebacker Sean Lee held a microphone at a recent kickoff luncheon and looked intensely into the crowd of Cowboys supporters. We're ready, the team's 2016 defensive MVP promised them, to take the next step.For Dallas, that destination is clear: the NFC Championship Game. The Cowboys ran away with the NFC East title last season, but they still couldn't end the franchise's curse of being unable to advance within one game of the Super Bowl.The postseason futility has stretched more than two decades.Dallas hasn't played in a championship game since winning Super Bowl XXX on Jan 28, 1996, after the 1995 season.