********* Official Cowboys Off-Season Thread 2026 *********

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Infection_Ag11
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11:46p, 5/11/26
Every year people claim Dallas is no longer America's team, and every year come schedule release time nearly all the early leaks are Cowboys prime time games. They are still the straw that stirs the ratings drink.

A crazy stat I saw today: Dallas has only opened the season in a Sunday noon time slot once in the last quarter century, and since 1992 they've had one of the week one prime time slots more than the next five teams COMBINED.
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In reply to Panama Red • 11:48p, 5/11/26
Panama Red said:
Cowboys at Giants Week 1 Sunday Night.

DAL -1.5

Bet the farm!


Every NFL fan under the age of 20 or so must just assume that Cowboys/Giants as a week one game is some sort of NFL rule.
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In reply to Infection_Ag11 • 1:19p, 5/12/26
As long as the NFL doesn't completely screw us again and make us play the Thursday after Thanksgiving! I believe they've done that 2 years in a row.
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In reply to Infection_Ag11 • 6:14p, 5/12/26
Infection_Ag11 said:
Panama Red said:
Cowboys at Giants Week 1 Sunday Night.

DAL -1.5

Bet the farm!


Every NFL fan under the age of 20 or so must just assume that Cowboys/Giants as a week one game is some sort of NFL rule.


Make them all watch the Netflix series on the 90s Cowboys. Stat!
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In reply to jr15aggie • 6:20p, 5/12/26
If we're going to play a non-Thanksgiving Thursday game, wouldn't you want it to be either the week before or the week after Thanksgiving?

That way we don't have 2 short weeks. It's so detrimental and makes for such ugly football.
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In reply to Infection_Ag11 • 12:13a, 5/13/26
Infection_Ag11 said:
Every year people claim Dallas is no longer America's team, and every year come schedule release time nearly all the early leaks are Cowboys prime time games. They are still the straw that stirs the ratings drink.

A crazy stat I saw today: Dallas has only opened the season in a Sunday noon time slot once in the last quarter century, and since 1992 they've had one of the week one prime time slots more than the next five teams COMBINED.


Cool, how many playoff wins since 2002?

The last quarter century?

Jerry doesn't care about winning as long as he has ratings.
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In reply to Vessel • 8:59a, 5/13/26
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If we're going to play a non-Thanksgiving Thursday game, wouldn't you want it to be either the week before or the week after Thanksgiving?

That way we don't have 2 short weeks. It's so detrimental and makes for such ugly football.


No, I want my team to get 9-10 days rest AFTER being forced to play a Thursday game. Back-to-Back Thursday games are not helpful for team recovery.
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In reply to jr15aggie • 9:06a, 5/13/26
jr15aggie said:
Vessel said:
If we're going to play a non-Thanksgiving Thursday game, wouldn't you want it to be either the week before or the week after Thanksgiving?

That way we don't have 2 short weeks. It's so detrimental and makes for such ugly football.


No, I want my team to get 9-10 days rest AFTER being forced to play a Thursday game. Back-to-Back Thursday games are not helpful for team recovery.


I disagree. I think if anything you get an advantage of a full week between games while the other team is coming into a short week.
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11:34a, 5/13/26
Anyone making the trip to Brazil for the Ravens game?
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In reply to jr15aggie • 12:17p, 5/13/26
jr15aggie said:
Vessel said:
If we're going to play a non-Thanksgiving Thursday game, wouldn't you want it to be either the week before or the week after Thanksgiving?

That way we don't have 2 short weeks. It's so detrimental and makes for such ugly football.


No, I want my team to get 9-10 days rest AFTER being forced to play a Thursday game. Back-to-Back Thursday games are not helpful for team recovery.

Neither are two short weeks separately in the season. Seems like injury and result variance are amplified on Thursdays after a Sunday game. They are just risky games to play.

We'd likely have the rest advantage in 2 out of 3 weeks if we play back to back Thursday games around Thanksgiving. You only have to deal with one short week and you still get a 9 day break somewhere. It's just a much more tenable way to deal with the schedule.
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12:22p, 5/13/26
I just hate the every year 3 games in 12 days things.
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In reply to ChoppinDs40 • 12:35p, 5/13/26
ChoppinDs40 said:
I just the every year 3 games in 12 days things.

It's better for team results and injuries than 2 games in 5 days twice.
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In reply to Vessel • 1:02p, 5/13/26
Vessel said:
jr15aggie said:
Vessel said:
If we're going to play a non-Thanksgiving Thursday game, wouldn't you want it to be either the week before or the week after Thanksgiving?

That way we don't have 2 short weeks. It's so detrimental and makes for such ugly football.


No, I want my team to get 9-10 days rest AFTER being forced to play a Thursday game. Back-to-Back Thursday games are not helpful for team recovery.

Neither are two short weeks separately in the season. Seems like injury and result variance are amplified on Thursdays after a Sunday game. They are just risky games to play.

We'd likely have the rest advantage in 2 out of 3 weeks if we play back to back Thursday games around Thanksgiving. You only have to deal with one short week and you still get a 9 day break somewhere. It's just a much more tenable way to deal with the schedule.

FWIW, last year the second Thursday game was against Detroit, so no advantage for either team. Maybe that's what they'll start doing from now on to even things out.
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1:04p, 5/13/26
I'm surprised it's not universally disliked, but to each their own.

One thing we can probably all agree on is that it's done for ratings and not player safety. The NFL on a weekly basis is now Sunday (all day), Monday Night & Thursday Night. Throw in college football and us American's have football on TV 4 days per week.

And I'm certainly not complaining about that... I love watching football.
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In reply to dvldog • 1:07p, 5/13/26
True. We may not always have Detroit on the schedule, but there are more and more teams playing on Thanksgiving now, so the likelihood of playing a team that also plays on Thanksgiving is going up.

At worst, the rest situation would/could be equal for 2 games and positive for one game.
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In reply to jr15aggie • 1:07p, 5/13/26
jr15aggie said:
I'm surprised it's not universally disliked, but to each their own.

One thing we can probably all agree on is that it's done for ratings and not player safety. The NFL on a weekly basis is now Sunday (all day), Monday Night & Thursday Night. Throw in college football and us American's have football on TV 4 days per week.

And I'm certainly not complaining about that... I love watching football.

There are also NCAA games on Wed/Fri making it 6 days a week.
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In reply to jr15aggie • 1:10p, 5/13/26
I'm not even saying as a fan that I like playing 3 games in 11 days. I'm just saying it is better for the team if they only play one game on 3 days rest instead of two games.
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In reply to dvldog • 2:10p, 5/13/26
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There are also NCAA games on Wed/Fri making it 6 days a week.


Eh... sorta... those non Saturday games are usually Buffalo vs. UAB type games.
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5:12p, 5/13/26
Factor the off Sunday games with the 17 game schedule and the NFL is becoming an injury nightmare.

Do the owner increase the roster size to create a bit more depth to avoid injuries? Hell no.

Does the Players Union demand anything to take the physical strain away? Nope.

This year with increased international travel, 17 games and games during the week, it's gonna be a meat grinder.

Gonna be all about depth and injuries. To make the playoffs.

So, do Star players sit and rest during games where the outcome is certain? Oh double hell no!
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In reply to jr15aggie • 5:49a, 5/14/26
jr15aggie said:
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There are also NCAA games on Wed/Fri making it 6 days a week.


Eh... sorta... those non Saturday games are usually Buffalo vs. UAB type games.


big 10 & big 13 have a full slate to Friday conference games.
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6:13a, 5/14/26
a lot can change between now and late November, but if these teams are as good as advertised now, this might be the best Thanksgiving slate ever.


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8:54a, 5/14/26
Bills / Chiefs for the nightcap. Time to get out the Turkey sandwiches for round two…
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9:43a, 5/14/26
NFL doing Wednesday games now is wild. Assume both those teams will have a bye the Sunday before.
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9:47a, 5/14/26
Pretty disgusting how greedy the NFL is getting, and how little they care about player health. What they're doing isn't sustainable. The lifespan of an NFL players career grows shorter and shorter by the year.
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In reply to Tksymm7 • 10:46a, 5/14/26
Tksymm7 said:
Pretty disgusting how greedy the NFL is getting, and how little they care about player health. What they're doing isn't sustainable. The lifespan of an NFL players career grows shorter and shorter by the year.


the fan fake concern over player safety is played out.
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In reply to BMX Bandit • 10:51a, 5/14/26
I mean I definitely care because I think it's impacting the quality of the sport overall. Guys go down with 12+ month injuries more and more every year, and that's one less season we as fans get to see Malik Nabers, Aiden Hutchinson, Patrick Mahomes etc. play. Thats a detriment to the sport.
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In reply to BMX Bandit • 10:52a, 5/14/26
BMX Bandit said:
Tksymm7 said:
Pretty disgusting how greedy the NFL is getting, and how little they care about player health. What they're doing isn't sustainable. The lifespan of an NFL players career grows shorter and shorter by the year.


the fan fake concern over player safety is played out.


I don't think anybody is pretending to actually care about the player's on a personal level. But it's not good for fans or the product if star players are getting hurt more often.
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11:06a, 5/14/26
I wish all games were on Sundsy with exceptions given to Monday night football and Thanksgiving.
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In reply to Vessel • 11:24a, 5/14/26
Vessel said:
BMX Bandit said:
Tksymm7 said:
Pretty disgusting how greedy the NFL is getting, and how little they care about player health. What they're doing isn't sustainable. The lifespan of an NFL players career grows shorter and shorter by the year.


the fan fake concern over player safety is played out.


I don't think anybody is pretending to actually care about the player's on a personal level. But it's not good for fans or the product if star players are getting hurt more often.

the guy quoted in bold is definitely acting like he cares. the self-righteousness of "its oh so disgusting!" is just so tired.
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In reply to Danny Vermin • 11:25a, 5/14/26
Danny Vermin said:
I wish all games were on Sundsy with exceptions given to Monday night football and Thanksgiving.

same here.

there is a tipping point, and NFL is getting awfully close.
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12:04p, 5/14/26
You don't see the players complaining about greed when that salary cap keeps going up and up and up.

If offered a deal of "let's go back to Sunday only games and 16 games, but salaries are going down" What do you think NFLPA says?
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12:55p, 5/14/26
NFL decides to completely bury NBA on Christmas

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7:33p, 5/14/26
Very interesting schedule layout

Dallas only plays three road games over the final 10 weeks of the regular season. That's three total road games between November 9th and January 10th. Not sure I've ever seen that before.

Also the latest out bye week has ever been that I can recall
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In reply to Infection_Ag11 • 1:50p, 5/15/26
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Also the latest out bye week has ever been that I can recall




hopefully not 7-9
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In reply to BMX Bandit • 2:25p, 5/15/26
if it leads to 3 out of 4 SBs I'd take it
God loves you so much He'll meet you where you are. He also loves you too much to allow to stay where you are.

We sing Hallelujah! The Lamb has overcome!
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