There may not be a team under more pressure to perform in 2024 than the Dallas Cowboys. There could be some major changes on the horizon if they don’t get over the hump and end their NFC Championship Game drought.
Attention this offseason has been on quarterback Dak Prescott and wide receiver CeeDee Lamb. Both are seeking contract extensions, but there hasn’t been much traction on a deal with either player.
Defensively, the team needs to overcome the loss of defensive coordinator Dan Quinn. He took the head coaching job with the Washington Commanders, the first coach under new owner Josh Harris.
Despite those distractions and obstacles, there is a lot of optimism surrounding the Dallas Cowboys. Based on odds shared by bookmakers, they are a strong playoff contender in the NFC with odds of -260 to make the postseason.
Their odds of winning the NFC East for a second straight year are at +150. The Philadelphia Eagles look to be their only competition for that crown.
Despite that, NFL writer James Dator believes that the Dallas Cowboys are one of the more overrated teams entering training camp this year.
“Dallas were hamstrung in free agency by the salary cap, which caused them to make no appreciable upgrades to their roster — while poor cap management meant the team also lost Dorance Armstrong, Tyler Biadasz, Tony Pollard, and Tyron Smith (among others).
There is no planet in which the Cowboys are a better team today than they were a year ago, yet money has them on-par with the Eagles in the division.
No team is poised for a bigger drop than Dallas in 2024. This is the franchise on the verge of needing a full retooling to adjust for the league moving forward.
Offensive and defensively they took a step back, and while they definitely have a chance of still making the playoffs, positioning them as one of the biggest locks to make the postseason in the entire NFL is laughable,” Dator wrote .
The Dallas Cowboys have won 12 games in the regular season in three straight years. That has resulted in some ugly history being made, as they have failed to advance beyond the Divisional Round in the playoffs.
Dator believes it will be more of the same for the 2024 season and it is hard to argue against him. The team lost a lot of talent during the offseason and didn’t have the means to replace it.
Upper-echelon, elite talent remains, but this roster isn’t as strong top to bottom as in years past. The lofty expectations some have of the Dallas Cowboys will not be met.
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