Shocking Cowboys Schedule Prediction Warns Of Big Losing Streak

FRISCO — The Dallas Cowboys have known who they would see on the schedule for months. However, the NFL's official schedule reveal has chartered the path Dallas will have to take to return to the postseason in a loaded NFC. 

This road map has some grueling challenges along the way some of which the Cowboys will encounter twice this season being that the NFC Championship combatants reside in the NFC East. As a result of their ever growing celebrity brand, they are featured on major holidays and navigating shortened weeks on several occasions. 

Despite the excitement, projecting how this plays out for the Cowboys or any other team is a fool's errand. The Cowboys looked unbeatable in a marquee matchup against the Cleveland Browns last season just to be mauled the following weeks and fall from contention. 

Nonetheless, one analyst's early projection has the Cowboys staying in the doldrums of the league, regressing to a 6-11 record. In fact, CBS Sports' Mike Renner predicts the Cowboys to lose their first five games of the season. 

"The thing that scares me about this Cowboys team, the layups on their schedule... the easiest teams... they're all on a massive upswing. They were all big players this offseason in adding talent to their roster. 

That would include losses to the Philadelphia Eagles, New York Giants, Chicago Bears, Green Bay Packers and New York Jets. It is a bold and stunning analysis certainly but holds little merit for multiple reasons. 

The first being the reality that it is too early in the calendar to get a good read on any team. But let's entertain this exercise. 

Dak Prescott has a 13-2 career record against the Giants. Regardless of the changes they have made, their core proved helpless against a broken Cowboys team (without Prescott) at AT&T Stadium last season.  

The Jets and Bears have exciting prospects after a change in direction but they too have first-time head coaches taking the reins. Positing they are locks to beat a talented Cowboys group and contributing to a drastic start assumes many benefits of the doubt that are not being granted to a proven Cowboys core here. 

The last time the Cowboys started 0-5, they finished the 1989 season 1-15. Barring a catastrophic systematic collapse in Year 1 under Brian Schottenheimer, this team simply has too many pieces to devolve in such a way. 

Nonetheless, the truth remains the Cowboys have their work cut out with the entirety of the 18-week schedule in 2025. They have not given the haters nor supporters much reason to believe and have to prove themselves with a strong showing in the coming months.