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NFL analysts believe the Dallas Cowboys are a stuck in the middle team right now.
There is an old adage that the NFL season was equally productive for all 31 teams who did not win the Super Bowl. The Philadelphia Eagles obviously won the Super Bowl and in that sense were the only team to accomplish the game’s ultimate goal, but we do not have to be obtuse to the point where we act like the Kansas City Chiefs accomplished just as much as the Tennessee Titans.
Maybe you feel that way. There is no trophy for second place, after all. But we at the very least can acknowledge that every team is in their own unique position with respect to their hopes of climbing the mountain next year. 31 teams may have theoretically finished in the same place, but they are at 31 different points on the path to trying to right that wrong.
Recently ESPN decided to sort every team in the league into various categories of where their rosters sit and organized them as such:
You know the title of this post and therefore where the Cowboys rank, we’ll get to that in a second. Something that is interesting is that Dallas is one of seven teams with a new head coach, but that only the Jacksonville Jaguars and New Orleans Saints (shout out Kellen Moore) are in the new coach category. The New England Patriots and New York Jets were lumped in the very bottom category (clearly some bigger projects than other teams with new head coaches). Rounding out the teams with new head coaches the Chicago Bears were lumped in the spot that could go either way while the Las Vegas Raiders are regarded as still being stuck in quarterback purgatory.
The TL;DR version of that is that the Cowboys are ranked/sorted higher than any other team with a new head coach for 2025 which is something, I suppose.
Average age of roster: 26.5
Salary cap space: -$3.7 million
Total 2025 draft picks (projected): 6
What’s next: The Cowboys need to get their edge back in a hurry. The NFC East won’t wait for them. The Eagles are atop the NFL, and the Commanders aren’t going anywhere. The major decision this offseason is whether to pay Micah Parsons a market-setting deal. Re-signing defensive tackle Osa Odighizuwa should be a priority. And while Dallas will likely be strapped for cash once again due to top-heavy deals, it will need to get creative to address needs, including adding a No. 2 receiver, a running back and offensive line reinforcements. If Dallas...
