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The Dallas Cowboys are well-rested and revamped after the bye week as they look to make a good showing for the second half of the 2025 season. This week, they head to Allegiant Stadium for the first time officially (they did play a preseason game there last year) to take on the 2-7 Las Vegas Raiders. This might be the easiest game left on the schedule; however, that might not mean much, considering their last game was also against a two-win team on Monday night, and we know how that ended up.
While the playoff race is a distant thought right now, the Cowboys are just looking to play some good football. There are reasons to be excited about the future as they have taken measures to improve the team, but will we see any of those improvements on Monday night? Here are five things to watch when the Cowboys test their luck in Vegas.
This game will feature the debut of a few new players the Cowboys have acquired via the trade deadline or who have been on the shelf all season due to injury. Former Jets defensive tackle Quinnen Williams will garner most of our attention as he is the most talented interior lineman this team has had in a long time. Former Bengal, Logan Wilson, was also acquired at the trade deadline and should help improve the linebacker position.
Speaking of linebackers, we should also be treated to the long-awaited return of DeMarvion Overshown, who went down late last year with a knee injury. Before he got hurt, he was flashing star potential, and inquiring minds want to know if this young talent can return to form. And finally, we could also see the pro debut of rookie cornerback Shavon Revel Jr., who has spent all season recovering from a knee injury he suffered last year. That’s a lot of new players to keep our interest on Monday night!
During the draft, many fans were hoping that Boise State star running back Ashton Jeanty would fall to pick 12 and that the Cowboys would select him. We will never know if that would have been their pick if he were available because the Raiders snatched him up with the sixth overall pick. Jeanty entered the league with the expectations of being the next best thing at running back, as he was sensational during his final year in college, but oddly, things haven’t gone all that well at the pro level. He only has 547 rushing yards this season (61 yards per game), which ranks him 17th in the league. He’s not even the highest rushing rookie, as that honor goes to former Ohio State RB Quinshon Judkins, who is ahead of him by 14 rushing yards despite playing in one fewer game.
Jeanty only has one game this year where he exceeded 75 yards on the ground, and that came against the Bears, where he had his best...
