Troy Aikman predicts Dallas Cowboys will win Super Bowl LX

“You know better than that. C’mon, Troy,” New York Giants legend and fellow GMA host Michael Strahan said.

Now, it’s entirely possible Aikman wanted to get a reaction out of Strahan off camera. A Cowboys great, perhaps he felt there was no other answer he could give. Whatever the case, he said it — on national television. Now, it’s up to the Cowboys to fulfill the prophecy.

Of course, getting there has been an issue. In fact, making an appearance in the NFC Championship Game has proved too tall a task over the last three decades. Yes, it’s been that long since the Cowboys made it one game away from the Super Bowl. They are the only team this millennium to not appear in the NFC Championship Game.

There have been years where the Cowboys have been among the favorites to hoist the Lombardi Trophy. This season, they’re middle of the pack. According to FanDuel Sportsbook, Dallas is +4300 to win Super Bowl LX.

Can Dallas Cowboys get over the hump in 2025?

While team owner Jerry Jones hasn’t declared the Cowboys as “all-in,” as he did last season, they have been active this offseason. The big acquisition is receiver George Pickens, acquired last week from the Pittsburgh Steelers. There’s also the return of quarterback Dak Prescott, who missed the second half of the 2024 campaign with a hamstring injury.

And don’t forget, it’s year one of the Brian Schottenheimer era. Bill Parcells couldn’t get the Cowboys over the hump in the 2000s. Jason Garrett failed throughout the 2010s and Mike McCarthy came up short over the last five seasons. Now, it’s Schottenheimer‘s turn.

Like those before him, Schottenheimer will look to finally get the Cowboys back to the Super Bowl. That would certainly make Jones happy, though he doesn’t spend too much time dwelling on the disappointments of the last 30 years.

“I don’t wake up in the morning saying it’s been that long since we’ve played in an NFC Championship Game. We have had good teams, we’ve had good players. It’s not at all satisfactory, but no one has shown me the answer on how to get a Super Bowl,” Jones said at the NFL Annual Owners Meeting. “I don’t sit around and dwell on that long since we have been, and I don’t even want to have a tone about it.

“I’ve got too many other things that I’m proud of and I know that we were there and it’s unbelievable that we haven’t been back.”