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The Dallas Cowboys entered the 2024 offseason with a sense of urgency and ambition, aiming to build on their recent successes and address lingering issues that prevented them from making a deep playoff run. After another season of falling short of the ultimate goal, the Cowboys' front office, led by owner Jerry Jones, took decisive action to reshape the roster and bolster the coaching staff. Key areas of focus included fortifying the offensive line, enhancing the defensive unit, and adding depth to skill positions. With limited moves made in free agency and a highly scrutinized draft that left the fan base wanting more, the Cowboys aimed to construct a team capable of contending for a Super Bowl. This offseason was marked by a blend of needed acquisitions, calculated departures, and an overarching strategy to blend veteran leadership with emerging talent, setting the stage for a pivotal year in Dallas.

Knowing full well that Dan Quinn was going to land a head coaching job this time around, the front office deemed it to not be necessary to hand Mike McCarthy his walking papers even though they could’ve done so with NFL bettors not even batting an eye after the way the team performed in the embarrassing Division Round loss to the Green Bay Packers. The Cowboys buried almost all opposition in front of the hometown faithful throughout the regular season, but when the lights were turned on with everything on the line, the team puckered up and showed its true colors. That 100 percent fell on the coaching staff, so it goes without question that the 2024-25 NFL betting season will be of the make or break variety for the current coaching staff.

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I honestly can’t remember witnessing a quitter offseason in Arlington than the one that just played out. Not a single big name free agent was inked. There was no trading up to add a supreme talent at the top end of the draft board. Is Jerry Jones getting frugal in his old age, or is he finally maturing knowing full well that his glitz and glare has done absolutely nothing to bring a Super Bowl back to Big D in nearly three decades? The biggest signings proved to be Eric Kendricks to replace the retired Leighton Vander Esch and Ezekiel Elliott who will reclaim the RB1 duties from Tony Pollard who flamed out without splitting carries with Zeke. Dallas gladly let him go to Tennessee. Bothersome however were the departures of Tyron Smith and Tyler Biadasz, so numerous moves were made in the draft to shore up the starting offensive line as well as add to its depth.

The Cowboys utilized the No. 29 pick in the first round to acquire the services of Oklahoma OT Tyler Guyton. While considered to be a developmental prospect by more draft scouts, Dallas’ O-Line could become vastly improved if the coaching staff can tap into his overall talent quickly. As it stands right now, the Cowboys offensive line ranks out in the middle of the pack for the first time in well over a decade! Upper management used three of its eight draft picks to bolster the front wall. Four of the other five came on the defensive side of the ball where EDGE rusher Marshawn Kneeland will be expected to make a quick impact by adding depth and versatility to Micah Parsons and co up front. More help was also brought in at the LB, DT, and CB positions. Even so, it can be argued that the roster for the reigning NFC East champs is worse off than it was a season ago. That doesn’t bode very well for McCarthy knowing full well that isn’t the case for the other three division representatives.

Adding to the bleak outlook moving forward is the fact that Dallas will be forced to run up against the toughest schedule strength in the division. Overall, Sharp Football Analysis has the Cowboys schedule ranking out as the eleventh toughest in the league with games set to go down against the AFC North, NFC South, Detroit Lions, San Francisco 49ers, and Houston Texans. They do however get the benefit of playing nine of 17 games in the comforts of AT&T Stadium where they went a moneymaking 8-0 SU and 6-2 against the closing NFL odds last year. Dallas has won 12 regular season games each of the last three seasons under McCarthy’s watch. Oddsmaker’s predict another double-digit worth of wins in 2024-25, but the betting market believes the buck stops there with heavy -145 juice currently attached to the low side of the team’s 10.5-game season win total odds. Winners of the NFC East in two of the last three years, the division winner is expected to be a two-horse race between Dallas and Philadelphia with the former expected to concede its title to last year’s runner-up.

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Few teams can match the rich history of the Dallas Cowboys. Especially when you consider that the Cowboys were born as a nuclear weapon. In 1960 the American Football League was formed by Dallas resident Lamar Hunt. Hunt founded the league and its franchise, the Dallas Texans because the NFL would not grant him an expansion team. However, once the AFL and the Texans were launched, the NFL expanded to Dallas. The Cowboys were created to destroy the AFL and the Texans.

From 1960 through 1965, the Cowboys never had a winning season. But starting in 1966, the Cowboys became the most successful franchise in the NFL. From 1966 through 1985, the Cowboys missed the NFL Playoffs just two times. Dallas won two Super Bowls in that span out of five appearances. President Tex Schramm, scout Gil Brandt, coach Tom Landry, and quarterbacks Don Meredith and Rodger Staubach were the key contributors to those Glory Years. So too was the Doomsday Defense the stuff of legends in those days.

But by 1989, the Cowboys ran out of steam and money. Jerry Jones bought the franchise and hired Jimmy Johnson as head coach. After going 1-15 in 1989, the Cowboys were Super Bowl champions in 1992 and 1993. After Johnson left in an ego struggle with Jones, caretaker coach Barry Switzer led Dallas to their last Super Bowl title in 1995.

Jerry Jones has made the Cowboys the most valuable franchise in sports. He was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame because of his dynamic business ability. But as much as Jones wants it, he still gets no credit for his football acumen nor deserves it. Dallas has never made a Super Bowl without a Jimmy Johnson-constructed team. It’s also failed to even reach the NFC title game in any of its 13 playoff appearances since last hoisting the Lombardi Trophy.

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