Even after getting romped by the Philadelphia Eagles final Sunday, the Cowboys didn’t get a lot of a bump of their 2025 NFL Draft order. Like Dallas, many of the different unhealthy groups stayed unhealthy as effectively. However there’s a strong probability for them to maneuver into the highest 10 after the Week 11 video games; a small comfort in an in any other case dismal season.
We all know a few of you don’t like considering this manner, however there’s no real looking state of affairs the place the Cowboys claw their method again into rivalry for something in 2024. Not with out Dak Prescott, and not with Mike McCarthy losing control of the offense and locker room. This one’s for the pragmatists amongst us, searching for the one good that Dallas can nonetheless squeeze out of a misplaced marketing campaign.
Right here’s a unfastened have a look at the present 2025 draft order, based mostly on simply total information:
- Jacksonville Jaguars (2-8)
- New York Giants (2-8)
- Cleveland Browns (2-7)
- Las Vegas Raiders (2-7)
- Tennessee Titans (2-7)
- Carolina Panthers (3-7)
- New England Patriots (3-7)
- New Orleans Saints (3-7)
- New York Jets (3-7)
- Miami Dolphins (3-6)
- Dallas Cowboys (3-6)
- Cincinnati Bengals (4-6)
- Indianapolis Colts (4-6)
- Tampa Bay Buccaneers (4-6)
On the very least, Dallas is now tied with Miami for the tenth spot. The primary tiebreaker for draft picks is a strength-of-schedule calculation based mostly on the ultimate information of groups performed, so it’s far too early to know the way that might impression the draft order. We’ll dig deeper into that, if obligatory, as we get close to the tip of the season.
Taking a look at Week 11, the Giants, Panthers, and Buccaneers are all on their byes. If the Cowboys take a probable loss to the Houston Texans on Monday night time, they’ll at the very least pull even with Carolina and get nearer to New York within the race to the underside.
How else can this week’s video games assist the Cowboys? Let’s get into the schedule.
Jaguars over Lions
Titans over Vikings
Two AFC South losers versus two NFC North winners. Simple picks for the Cowboys; Jacksonville and Tennessee are each beneath Dallas proper now in profitable proportion and we have to get nearer. Both of those could be a large upset, so it’s definitely unlikely that even one occurs. However we will at all times hope.
Raiders over Dolphins
Browns over Saints
Each video games have two-win groups (Cleveland and Vegas) going through groups with three wins. By way of what advantages the Cowboys, you must take the broad view with a lot season left to play.
Jets over Colts
Patriots over Rams
Whereas Indianapolis and Los Angeles are simply above the Cowboys within the standings, New England and New York are the place we need to be within the draft order. These would pull Dallas nearer to the underside and widen the hole with the middling groups.
Bears over Packers
Chicago is barely 4-5 and has misplaced three straight, in order that they’re beginning to hone in on prime draft territory. A galvanizing win over rival Inexperienced Bay would seemingly take them out of any dialog involving the Cowboys’ draft decide.
Commanders over Eagles
No, this one received’t matter by way of Dallas’ draft decide or another sensible measure. However watching Philly lose simply feels higher, doesn’t it?
The remainder of the Week 11 schedule doesn’t actually matter, both. All of us have our private leanings in sure matchups like Ravens-Steelers or Payments-Chiefs, however the results of these outcomes don’t ripple right down to the place the Cowboys discover themselves in 2024.
Onward and downward.
