There are seven weeks left in the 2025 regular season. Whether you’re rooting for Dallas to extend its year into the playoffs or for a higher 2026 draft pick, we’ve got you covered in the Cowboys fans’ Week 12 rooting guide.

While we wish that Dallas had more games left to turn their season around, the shortening road to Week 18 does help us make better analysis of the eventual standings. As variables diminish, projections get more accurate. So the closer we get to the regular-season finales, we’ll be able to dig even deeper into the potential impact of each game.

Before we get to the Week 12 schedule, let’s spend a few minutes on where Dallas currently sits in both the playoff and draft races. We’ll start with the more immediate goal of making the tournament.

Current 2025 NFC Playoff S

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