Blogging The Boys
Feelings about the 2025 Cowboys have yo-yoed between hope and despair, wreaking havoc on our rooting system. That’s life with a team hovering around .500. At the very least, you wish Dallas would go hard in one direction or the other towards a playoff spot or a better 2026 draft pick. But we may be coasting on this roller right through December.
At the very least, Sunday’s big loss to Denver didn’t drop Dallas any further in the NFC standings. They remain in 10th place and a couple of wins behind the last wild card team, just as they were before. But remaining hopes of surging toward a playoff spot depend mightily on this Monday’s game against the Cardinals. The Broncos are an excellent team, while Arizona is far from it.
Here are the current playoff standings for the NFC ahead of Week 9:
It’s still a steep climb, and now with one less week to help. But at least Carolina and Chicago both took losses last week as well, keeping them more manageable. Clearly, Dallas has to get hot now and sustain it to have any real shot.
Of course, many of you are already out on this season and hoping for a better pick next April. As always, we’ll address your concerns too as we move through this week’s schedule.
This would be a bittersweet win for draft-focused Dallas fans, further pushing the team away from a higher pick and strengthening the 2-5 Cardinals’ position. But a win here puts the Cowboys at .500 both overall and in NFC play, and with eight games still to play. As we’ve mentioned, this is essentially a must-win for Dallas to be taken seriously as a potential playoff team.
While we don’t like the idea of Washington finding momentum, Dallas can find other ways to deal with them. Seattle is neck-and-neck with the 49ers in the NFC West right now, meaning they still could easily end up as a wild card team. We need a chance at catching them.
We can pretty much root for the Giants the rest of the way. It means a worse draft pick for them and hanging losses on teams, like San Francisco, whom Dallas needs to get in front of in the playoff race.
A win does make Minnesota 4-4 but hangs a critical loss on the Lions, who are currently in a wild card spot. If Green Bay’s going to win the NFC North, Dallas needs as many chances as possible of overtaking one of those three wild card teams. It’s even more beneficial from the draft perspective,...
