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The NFL and its broadcast partners for years have been able to count on Dallas as a reliable draw. An unraveling season could lead to very different choices this year.
[T]he Cowboys’ 2024 season continues to unravel from one starting with Super Bowl aspirations to potentially their worst campaign in nearly a decade.
Dallas was trounced at home Sunday by the Eagles 34–6, extending a winless season thus far at home for the Cowboys and dropping their overall record to 3–6.
Dallas has lost four straight, and its next three games are locked in: a Monday Night Football matchup on Nov. 18 against the Texans and a Thanksgiving Day game on Nov. 28 against the Giants, currently 2–8. That late-afternoon Thanksgiving game is traditionally the most-watched contest of every NFL regular season, but that status could be threatened this year as 2025 draft positions will likely be most at stake there instead. In between those games is an early-afternoon matchup against the Commanders on Nov. 24.
[T]hree of the Cowboys’ final five games are currently in key broadcast windows: a Dec. 9 MNF game against the Bengals, a Dec. 22 Sunday Night Football game against the Buccaneers, and a Dec. 29 national America’s Game of the Week slot at 4:25 p.m. ET on Fox against the Eagles. All three of those games conceivably stand at risk for movement by the NFL in the league’s flex scheduling rules—particularly given that Cincinnati and Tampa Bay also have losing records, and Philadelphia could have a postseason slot locked up by then.
Daboll says Giants will “evaluate everything” during bye week
Brian Daboll did not announce a change at quarterback for the New York Giants on Monday. He did, though, open the door to benching starter Daniel Jones when the team returns from its by week to face the Tampa Bay Buccaneers on Sunday, Nov. 24 at MetLife Stadium.
“We’re going to spend a lot of time here watching our tape and evaluating things and we’ll do that as a coaching staff over the next week here,” Daboll said on Monday.
When asked that question in previous weeks, Daboll has always unequivocally said Jones would remain the starter.
After a 20-17 overtime loss on Sunday to the Carolina Panthers in which Jones played poorly, Daboll opened the door to starting either Drew Lock or Tommy DeVito in Week 12 against the Buccaneers.
“We’re evaluating our team at the bye week is what we’re doing,” Daboll said.
Jones has started every game this season as the Giants have struggled to a 2-8 record. The Giants are 31st in the NFL in scoring at 15.6 points...
