After last week’s demoralizing and damaging loss to the Panthers, the Cowboys are on the brink of collapse in 2025. While many things are still mathematically possible, and will be even if they lose again this week, Dallas is near the point where talking about playoff chances becomes futile. In this week’s rooting guide, we’ll lean more heavily towards better positioning in the 2026 NFL Draft, but still keep a hopeful eye on what could improve the Cowboys’ postseason hopes.

Thursday night’s upset win by the Bengals over the Steelers was a good start. With no playoff implications in an all-AFC matchup, we got what we wanted by Cincy improving to 3-4 and becoming less threatening in eventual draft ordering.

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