Inside The Star
The Dallas Cowboys will be looking to win all of these football games, no doubt, but at some point we have to be honest with ourselves, correct?
In the final eight games of the season, the Cowboys play five teams that are .500 or better, and with an NFC that is loaded at the top, it is just going to be almost impossible for this team to overcome that and make the playoffs.
Watching the Arizona Cardinals offense yesterday struggle to pick up a first down after what they did to the Cowboys defense the week before is a reminder that with this defense, the Cowboys just don’t have a chance.
The Dallas Cowboys start the second half of the season on Monday Night Football again against the Las Vegas Raiders. That is a game they should win just like we thought they should beat the Cardinals at home.
Then they play the Eagles, Chiefs, Lions, Vikings, Chargers and Commanders.
After today’s trades, these are the Cowboys 2026 draft picks:
– 1st (own)
– 1st (GB)
– 4th (own)
– 5th (own)
– 7th (via KC)They are also projected to get a 5th compensatory for CB Jourdan Lewis.
— Nick Harris (@NickHarrisFWST) November 4, 2025
Philly, Kansas City and the Lions are all going to make the playoffs, and teams that will be looking to stay as high up in the standings as possible. The Vikings have looked good and the Chargers are looking better every week.
Dallas is 3-5-1, and the way it looks now, I think they win four more games and finish the season 7-9-1, miss the playoffs and are probably looking at the middle of the pack draft spot, but a lot of teams are going to finish with double-digit wins this year, and Dallas is losing to a lot of the middle of the pack teams, so that will allow them to stay ahead of them in draft position.
Dallas has two first round picks in 2026, a 4th, 5th and 6th. I will be rooting for the Packers to lose as many games as possible so that the pick they have from the Micah Parsons trade is not near the bottom.
Look, I am not telling you I won’t be rooting for Dallas to win every game, I will be, but if they don’t run the table, they won’t have any chance to make the playoffs in the NFC. It is that good this year.
I just think the level of the teams they play in the second half with this defense, even with the trades, won’t be good enough and will set them up for a good draft spot come April.
Like I said at the top, at some point we have to stop pretending like this team is all of a sudden going to look good on defense to help the offense win games.
