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The regular season debut for Cowboys HC Brian Schottenheimer will immediately come under the spotlight of a Thursday night opener.
With the full NFL schedule release coming on Wednesday, we got news that the Philadelphia Eagles will host NFC East rivals the Dallas Cowboys in the 2025 NFL season opener on Thursday 4 September.
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I love it. To be honest with you, it will mark the first time the two teams have faced off in the opening game of a campaign since 2000.
Since 2004, some 20 defending Super Bowl champions have played in the season opener and have gone 15-5 in those games, including the Chiefs’ 27-20 win over the Baltimore Ravens in 2024.
Sink or swim boys, you finally made the trade that this offense needed, and all eyes will be on you. New head coach, the champs raising their banner in front of your face, don’t let them enjoy it, you want to stop being talked about in a negative way? All eyes will be on you.
Sometimes, the Cowboys are a big enough ratings draw to avoid games like the NFL Kickoff, but there is a lot of intrigue from top to bottom in the NFC East this season.
Obviously our collective hope is that the Cowboys ruin the party and start the season off 1-0. Spoiling the night would be quite fun. And for what it’s worth, thankfully the Cowboys don’t have to visit Philadelphia later in the year.
The Cowboys are familiar with this spot as they have played in it a couple of times before. You will recall that recently in 2021 the Cowboys went down to visit the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and almost stole a win before falling just short in the end. That was a little bit tough to sit on for a week and a half.
But the feeling we hope to have in four months time did circle us all back in the fall of 2012. You will recall that when the New York Giants were defending Super Bowl Champions for the second time in modern history, like the Eagles are now, that Dallas was ordered to head to their house and sit on a silver platter. Tony Romo and Kevin Ogletree refused as Dallas ruined the evening for Giants fans.
While the Cowboys have played in the kickoff slot on two occasions, the Eagles have only done so once, when they were defending champs back in 2018. They won that game and beat the Atlanta Falcons who they took down in the Divisional Round on their way to the Super Bowl.
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