With free agency and the 2026 NFL Draft now well behind us, we\u2019ve officially entered the lull of the offseason. There will be voluntary and mandatory workouts, but until training camp gets underway things could be rather boring around Cowboys Nation. Because of that, we thought we\u2019d try to liven things up by sharing some of our bold predictions for the Dallas Cowboys this season.<\/p>\n
1. 11-6 regular-season record<\/p>\n
Despite having the fourth-toughest strength of schedule this year, we predict the Cowboys end their two-year playoff drought and finish with a 11-6 regular-season record. We have them losing to the Eagles, Commanders, Ravens (in Brazil), Seahawks, Rams, and the Texans.<\/p>\n
2. NFC East Champions<\/p>\n
We predict the Cowboys finish with a 4-2 record in the NFC East division, splitting games with the Eagles and Commanders and sweeping the Giants. As NFC East Champions, they would be in position for a potentially strong playoff run.<\/p>\n
3. Super Bowl Contender<\/p>\n
After already predicting the Cowboys finish with a 11-6 regular-season record and winning the NFC East division, predicting them to be a serious Super Bowl contender is only fitting. With one of the league\u2019s best offenses and an expected defensive improvement, this team could be dangerous in the playoffs.<\/p>\n
4. Top 15 Defense<\/p>\n
A Top 15 defense? That\u2019s quite a jump from being arguably the worst defense in the league a season ago, but that\u2019s exactly what we are predicting. First-time DC Christian Parker\u2019s versatile 3-4 scheme and the players he\u2019s added should upgrade the Cowboys defense by leaps and bounds from last year.<\/p>\n
5. Caleb Downs wins DROY, makes first Pro Bowl<\/p>\n
The Cowboys may have a trade up one spot to draft Caleb Downs 11th overall in the first-round, but in so doing they landed the centerpiece of their defense for years to come. Due to his versatility, play speed, and football IQ we not only predict him to make his first Pro Bowl, but also win Defensive Rookie of the Year as a rookie.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"With free agency and the 2026 NFL Draft now well behind us, we\u2019ve officially entered the lull of…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":297019,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[102,932,104,103],"class_list":["post-297018","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-dallas","tag-dallas","tag-dallas-cowboys-news","tag-dallas-headlines","tag-dallas-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/297018","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=297018"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/297018\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/297019"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=297018"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=297018"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=297018"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}