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The Dallas Cowboys and New York Giants have nothing to play for other than pride in Week 18, but do not expect either team to let off the gas. Before the next chapter of the longtime rivalry unfolds, check out our Cowboys-Giants Week 18 predictions.
Although neither team has anything to play for, both enter Week 18 off victories. The Giants snapped a nine-game skid with a 34-10 win over the Las Vegas Raiders. Despite both teams being far from playoff contention, many still kept their eyes on that game, with the Raiders’ loss putting them in position to lock up the No. 1 pick of the 2026 NFL Draft.
Draft positioning is still in play for the Giants in Week 18. New York’s 3-13 record matches those of the New York Jets, Tennessee Titans and Arizona Cardinals. The Giants are currently in position to end with the No. 2 pick, but another win could drop them as low as No. 7.
The Cowboys are coming off a 30-23 win over the Washington Commanders on Christmas Day to end a three-game losing streak. Dallas is now 7-8-1 on the year, and a loss to the Giants would give them consecutive losing seasons for the first time since 2002.
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Jaxson Dart has one final opportunity to put a bow on his stellar rookie season and potentially cement himself as the 2025 Offensive Rookie of the Year. He could not draw a better matchup to do so against the Dallas Cowboys in Week 18.
The Cowboys have been the worst defense against quarterbacks by a country mile all season long and enter the regular season finale allowing the most passing yards in the league by a wide margin. Only two quarterbacks who played a full game against them failed to reach at least 220 passing yards — Bryce Young and Josh Johnson.
The last time these teams met, Dart watched Russell Wilson torch the Cowboys with 450 passing yards and three touchdowns. Dart has proven to be much more efficient than his predecessor, even if he is not as much of a downfield passer.
The Cowboys’ secondary also enters this matchup shorthanded after the team’s shocking release of two-time Pro Bowler Trevon Diggs. Diggs has struggled with injuries in 2025, but his unceremonious departure leaves Dallas with starting either seventh-round rookie Trikweze Bridges or journeyman Corey Ballentine in Week 18.
Dart threw for a career-high 283 passing yards against the Denver Broncos in Week 7 and should surpass that on Sunday against the Cowboys.
Nobody has come on stronger for the New York Giants in the second half of the season than their other prized rookie, Abdul Carter. The No. 3 overall pick has overcome adversity to quickly become the player Giants fans expected him to be over the last month of the regular season.
Carter has...
