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Predicting the Cowboys 2024 schedule, and a preview of their opponents.
The NFL knows how to milk every ounce of their offseason to build anticipation. The Senior Bowl, the NFL Combine, and the NFL Draft have become a bigger spectacle with each passing year to lure the attention of fans as a primer before minicamps and the start of training camps. Yet, one of the most exciting aspects of the offseason is the release of the schedule. Knowing where and when the Dallas Cowboys play further adds to the immersion of the experience. Whether it’s setting days off for PTO to watch the team play or carefully strategizing your “sick days”, the release of the Cowboys schedule is some of the most fun of the offseason, with the team releasing videos to get in on the excitement.
Like last season, we wanted to predict the dates and times of all 17 of the Cowboys’ regular season games and a bit of intel on their opponents. Here’s your predicted Cowboys 2024 regular season schedule.
The trend continues. Since 2012, the Cowboys have played against the Giants in Week 1 seven times. This year will be the eighth, as the NFL can’t help itself with this matchup on opening day. This game serves as a rematch after the Cowboys destroyed the Giants in last year’s opener 40-0.
Dallas hosts the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in Week 2. The Buccaneers are running it back with Baker Mayfield, who had the best season of his professional career, and Mike Evans looks to record his 11th consecutive 1,000-yard season to start his career. Tampa also had a solid draft class, taking the highly coveted Duke center Graham Barton in the first round of the draft.
This is a sneaky-tough game. Yes, the Falcons missed the playoffs last year, but they were held back offensively by the stubbornness of former head coach Arthur Smith. New offensive coordinator Zac Robinson is a bright, young mind with experience under Sean McVay and has tremendous weapons at his disposal with Bijan Robinson, Drake London, and Kyle Pitts. Their season may revolve around the health and play of Kirk Cousins.
The Baltimore Ravens flock to Dallas in Week 3 and the second primetime game of the 2024 season. Lamar Jackson is coming off his second MVP award, but you get the sense that while the stats and accolades are nice, the fans want more, especially in the postseason. The same goes for Dak Prescott, who was a contender for the MVP award before sputtering towards the end of the season. The Cowboys are 1-5 against the Ravens with their only win against Baltimore in Prescott’s rookie season in 2016.
