There’s never any shortage of hype surrounding the Dallas Cowboys, and the 2025 season is no different.
Dallas is tied for the NFL lead with eight standalone games this year, because the powers-that-be have decided we can’t possibly go more than two weeks without the NFC East in prime time.
Well, at least it will afford everyone a chance to see Dallas is a mediocre team. Too soon?
The Cowboys will take part in the Thursday night opener this year, heading to Philly to take an Eagles team that beat Dallas by a combined 61 points in two games in 2024.
The schedule after that isn’t brutal, but it’s hardly soft. They face Green Bay in prime time in Week 4, have a home tilt with the Commanders in Week 7 and head west to take on a Denver Broncos team that made the playoffs in 2024 the following week.
But four playoff teams in eight games is the least of Dallas’ problems. Once the holidays roll around, it’s going to get messy.
In Week 12, the Eagles come to Dallas. The following week, the Cowboys take the field at Jerruh World on Turkey Day against the Chiefs. Then comes another Thursday night affair in Detroit, a home game with a Vikings team that won 14 games in 2024, plus meetings with the Chargers and Commanders (on Christmas).
That’s six straight games against playoff teams from last year; teams that were a staggering 81-21 a year ago.
That stretch is going to squash any playoff hopes the Cowboys have and make for another awkward offseason in Dallas.
