The Dallas Cowboys face a difficult task after a big loss on Thursday night that ended all of the team's momentum toward a late-season NFL playoff run.
Confidence was at an all-time high for the Dallas Cowboys heading into their Week 14 matchup with the Detroit Lions. Winners of three straight, the Cowboys were playing well on both sides of the ball, even securing wins over the Philadelphia Eagles and Kansas City Chiefs in back-to-back games.
All NFL players enter the season with high hopes, but sometimes seasons don't go as hoped. These 20 players have been some of the biggest disappointments early in the 2025 season.
The Dallas Cowboys are clinging very slim hopes at reaching the NFL Playoffs, following a Week 14 loss to the Detroit Lions. The loss came close to completely closing the door on the team's Wild Card chances, but there is still an opportunity to claim the NFC East crown.
The Dallas Cowboys will be looking to keep their season alive in Week 15, with another primetime showdown on Sunday Night Football. Dallas will be welcoming the Minnesota Vikings to AT&T Stadium for the crucial game.
For a brief moment in time, we thought the Dallas Cowboys had pulled it off. Following a couple of trades, players returning from injury, and a couple of tweaks to the defensive scheme, it appeared defensive coordinator Matt Eberflus now had a viable defense.
The Dallas Cowboys suffered a major setback in Week 14, putting the team's NFL Playoff hopes on thin ice, and the door appears to be closing for a potential Wild Card berth.
The Dallas Cowboys' three-game winning streak came to a halt in Week 14 when they were unable to deliver a much-needed win over the Detroit Lions. Dallas fell to 6-6-1 with the loss, which feels deflating.
When the Cowboys dropped to 6-6-1 after the Thursday night loss to Detroit, I felt what a lot of us felt, that punch in the gut that told us the playoff hunt may be over.
For years, Thanksgiving belonged to the NFL, but Christmas belonged to the NBA. Occasionally, an NFL game would fall on Christmas, but it was anomalous, even avoided if possible.
When it comes to the special teams unit for the Dallas Cowboys, it simply cannot be so readily lumped into a category by way of a singular descriptor. While the special teams offense has been exceptional, the defense has been an overall abomination.
Dallas’s Thursday night loss against the Detroit Lions has plummeted their playoff odds, forcing fans to start looking to 2026. In doing so, it is hard not to notice a few recently-extended Cowboys who may be cut loose this offseason.
When I heard the Cowboys added Kenneth Murray in free agency, I thought he looked like a physical, scheme-fit at linebacker for Matt Eberflus. When Dallas later added Logan Wilson, I thought that move signaled something different, that Wilson was viewed as the more complete, more reliable option.
The Dallas Cowboys’ hopes of climbing back into the playoff race took a major hit with their lopsided loss to the Lions, but head coach Brian Schottenheimer insists his team will not fold.
The Dallas Cowboys' experience with wide receiver George Pickens has, for the most part, gone better than anybody could have reasonably expected this season.
Following the game, quarterback Dak Prescott sent somewhat of a warning to Dallas' remaining four regular-season opponents regarding how the Cowboys will respond to this disappointing result.