The Dallas Cowboys are 3-5-1 and spent the bye week recharging and replenishing. The latter is particularly true as Logan Wilson and Quinnen Williams joined the fold. With players like DeMarvion Overshown and Shavon Revel set to make their season debuts at some point soon, it isn't unfair to say that things are going to look seriously different for a defense that has been among the NFL's worst through the first half of the season.
The Dallas Cowboys are on their bye week, with a lot of work to do entering the bye off their first back-to-back losses in 2025. The 3-5-1 team will look quite a bit different on defense when they're back in action off the bye for another Monday night game at the Las Vegas Raiders. The Cowboys made trade deadline deals for linebacker Logan Wilson from the Cincinnati Bengals and defensive tackle Quinnen Williams from the New York Jets.
According to NFL Network's Ian Rapoport, Diggs asked for and was granted his release. Diggs was in his second season with the Titans. This is actually the second season in a row in which Diggs won't finish the season for Tennessee. Diggs' 2024 campaign came to a close after eight starts when he suffered a season-ending Lisfranc injury. He played one more game for the team this year before being granted his exit.
The Dallas Cowboys are on a bye before prepping for the a Monday night game against the Las Vegas Raiders, a game Dallas is currently favored by 3.5 points according to FanDuel. An NFL bye week is a good time to look back at what a team has accomplished through the first part of their season, and around the Cowboys it has been mostly disappointment. Their 3-5-1 record is uninspiring, and the belief that they can make a playoff push is diminishing rapidly.
For the previous eight opponents, they have all seen the same thing happen the following week after playing the Cowboys. They have all scored fewer points the week after playing Dallas than they did when they lined up against the Cowboys. For seven of those eight teams, they scored fewer points the week before playing Dallas too. The only team to break the trend of scoring more the week before was Washington.
Let's look at management instead. Who do you blame most for the mess we are in? Jerry Jones - The easy answer. He's the ultimate boss, and his decision to trade Micah Parsons undoubtedly weakened the defense right before the season started. So his roster moves hurt his cause, but he ultimately doesn't coach them each week. And the Cowboys have talent on their roster. They should be better than this.
The Dallas Cowboys have lost two games in a row for the first time all season and morale is rather low around them for understandable reasons. Tuesday's trades certainly made things a bit more interesting, though. With the team on their bye week it means that if they manage to win their next game (against the Raiders in Week 11) they will have gone just about a month since last tasting the sensation of victory.
The Dallas Cowboys made a deliberate, forward-thinking move this offseason by letting Rico Dowdle walk and signing Javonte Williams to a one-year deal. Dowdle's cap hit in Carolina is slightly cheaper, but his running back efficiency is less than Williams's. The Cowboys' front office and offensive coordinator Brian Schottenheimer have a bigger, more efficient picture in mind. They want a younger, more physical running back who fits the team's evolving ground-and-pound identity - and Javonte Williams delivers exactly that.
